Peru, Republic. A Cross Of Military Merit, Ii Class Grand Officer Star consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac featuring a white enamelled crown

featuring a white enamelled crown with multiple smooth rays in each quadrant

with an illegible maker’s mark

a replacement of the BE2 types

(Heer Insignien für Tropenhelm)

Peru, Republic. A Cross Of Military Merit, Ii Class Grand Officer Star consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac featuring a white enamelled crown(Cruz Peruana al Mrito Militar), Instituted in 1949. In bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, marked "CORONEL FRANCISCO BOLOGNESI" (Colonel Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes, 1816 1880, Peruvian military general) on the reverse, measuring 79. 2 mm (w) x 78. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, intact enamels, edge nick on the edge of the arm at 6 o'clock, scuffing on the arm at 9 o'clock, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross of Military Merit was