Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1940 Auction Archive the obverse consisting of a

the obverse consisting of a Werkschutz- (Factory Protection) style German national eagle clutching a shield overlaid by a black mobile swastika

in April 1942 and was informed of his death by the Department of National Defence

measuring 69

obverse centre in Gold with stylized royal cypher A

Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1940 Auction Archive the obverse consisting of a(Orden Nacional al Mrito). Instituted 1921. Type II. 1937 present issue. A silver gilt twelve armed star with red enamels, displaying interlaced silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms in blue enamels, obverse centre in silver gilt depicting coat of arms of Ecuador with the inscription REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR AL MERITO (Republic of Ecuador, For Merit), plain reverse, suspended by an unusual flat laurel wreath in silver gilt, measuring 43. 81 mm (w)