Venezuela, Republic. An Order of Francisco de Miranda, II Class Set in Case, c.1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac featuring the handwritten signature of

featuring the handwritten signature of General der Infanterie Friedrich Wilhelm von Chappuis (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

Footnote: Fay E

Her keel was laid down by Burrard Dry Dock Company Limited at Vancouver

Footnote: The Indian Order of Merit (IOM) was a military and civilian decoration of British India

Venezuela, Republic. An Order of Francisco de Miranda, II Class Set in Case, c.1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac featuring the handwritten signature of(Orden Francisco de Miranda). Instituted August 28th, 1939. (Type II: 1943 to present). A neck badge, constructed of silver gilt, featuring a four point star surrounding an oval shaped badge with smaller rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presenting a left facing bust of Francisco de Miranda with a red enamel surround inscribed FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA in capitalized lettering, the reverse presents the Venezuelan coat of arms, measures 39. 5 mm