Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 Hold Footnote: Hubert Gautret de la

Footnote: Hubert Gautret de la Moricière was a lieutenant in the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment in Indochina

the vertical pinback and the two screws securing the insignia to the base in Gold

this type of glider badge is described in more details in a book by Stijn David “The Glider Pilot Badge”

the lower half of the image overlaid by Gysae’s handwritten signature

two intact lugs on the reverse

Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 Hold Footnote: Hubert Gautret de la(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,