along with a belt apparatus
A fine example of this award in its original presentation case
It culminates in a nickel-plated lower crossguard
comprising: Merit Cross with Crown
An Italian Fascist Automobile Club Badge - In bronze gilt and enamels
Chile, Republic. An Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set in Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a belt apparatus(Orden al Mrito). September 4, 1906. Constructed of silver gilt, presenting as a five pointed star with ball finials, in white enamels, with silver gilt laurel wreath in each quadrant, obverse centre displaying a female bust, symbol of the republican government, circumscribed by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE (CHILEAN REPUBLIC), reverse centre in silver gilt exhibiting the inscription AL MERITO (FOR MERIT), suspended by a detailed flying condor