Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of The Liberator, Grand Officer's Star, By J.m.j. Van Wielik, C.1900 Hold and silver edging over gold-yellow

and silver edging over gold-yellow wool adorn the collar tabs

with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks

and was taken prisoner of war at Vittoria

the obverse constructed of a gilded oak leaf wreath with a national eagle with spread-out wings on the top clutching a mobile swastika

Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of The Liberator, Grand Officer's Star, By J.m.j. Van Wielik, C.1900 Hold and silver edging over gold-yellow(Orden del Libertador). Instituted in 1854 as a Medal of Distinction and promoted in 1884 as an Order of Merit. Of high Dutch quality manufacture, a fine eight pointed multiple ray star in silver, obverse centre exhibiting a detailed superposed Venezuelan coat of arms, surrounded by the inscription SIMON BOLIVAR on a blue enameled border, with filed silver beaded surround, reverse with pin assembly and dual stays, hallmarked twice by Dutch boars head