Peru, Republic. A Distinguished Service Order, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 Hold the interior with a padded

the interior with a padded white lid liner and intact hinge cover

but with all of its original gilding worn off due to age and wear

The Order was later modified and expanded into 4 Classes by King Muhammad Zahir Shah

72 mm x 76 mm

Peru, Republic. A Distinguished Service Order, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 Hold the interior with a padded(Orden al Mrito por Servicios Distinguidos). Instituted in 1950 by the military junta government. 1950 present Issue. Of national manufacture, a very sparse and unique breast star in silver gilt, consisting of a mythological condor in the Chavn culture style, the top exhibiting double head, along with 13 ornamented Condor plumage on either side, displaying on the bottom the claws of the bird, the obverse centre displaying an engraved national