Austria, Republic. An Austrian Merit Order, Gold Merit Cross, C.1936 Auction Archive Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray 1833-1923

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray 1833-1923 became a national hero in his native Peru leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific

on a sterling silver gilt fouled anchor base

Training included at least twenty flight hours of glider training and forty hours of basic training on motorized aeroplanes

enlisted after working as a carpenter in July 1916

all six with brown) on a thin paper stock

Austria, Republic. An Austrian Merit Order, Gold Merit Cross, C.1936 Auction Archive Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray 1833-1923(sterriechischer Verdienstorden, Verdienstkreuz in Gold). Issued 1934 1938. A Seipels cross constructed of gilt bronze; on a loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; measuring 32. 89 mm (w) x 35. 01 mm (h); weighing 27. 8 grams with its ribbon; in overall near mint condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely by Dr. Goodwin