Brazil, Federative Republic. An Order of Merit of Brasília, II Class Grand Officer Star, c.1975 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac one thousand nine hundred and

one thousand nine hundred and fourteen and in the 138th year of the Independence of the United States”

5mm (w) x 30mm (h)

with four emanating rays between the rays forming the star points

the catch has been crudely replaced and the pinback shows evidence of refurbishment

oxidation evident on the left edge

Brazil, Federative Republic. An Order of Merit of Brasília, II Class Grand Officer Star, c.1975 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac one thousand nine hundred and(Ordem do Mrito Braslia). Instituted in 1971. Four piece construction, cross insignia in bronze gilt with red and white enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, the reverse cartouche in bronze gilt, unmarked, measuring 75. 5 mm (w) x 75. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, chipping and loss evident in the red enamels on the "Mrito Braslia" centrepiece, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Order of Merit of Braslia was instituted on January