Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Offizier Dienstdolch)

(Luftwaffe Offizier Dienstdolch)

placed within a 357 mm (w) x 470 mm (h) wooden frame

constructed of machine-embroidered dark green and light grey threading

where he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro

Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Offizier Dienstdolch)(Orden Nacional del Mrito). Instituted April 8, 1865. Reinstituted June 23, 1939 and amended September 7 1956. Type III (1956 ). In silver, featuring a five point star with large ball finials and a faceted border around the outside, five smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents a lion head with the inscription HONOR ET GLORIA PRAEMIVM MERITI in a surrounding ring, the reverse offers a single vertical pin flanked by dual stays,