A Peruvian Order Of The Sun; Breast Star Hold Three months later

Three months later

Measures 237 mm x 290 mm x 160 in height

A Soldbuch to the 211th Grenadier Regiment

as are all the brass buttons on the uniform

it is maker marked D

A Peruvian Order Of The Sun; Breast Star Hold Three months laterA Peruvian Order of the Sun; Breast Star in silver gilt, center enameled, 79mm, by official Peruvian maker Casa Nacional de Moneda Lima Peru, circa 1950 60 manufacture, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Order of the Sun (La Orden El Sol del Peru) is the highest award bestowed by the nation of Peru to commend notable civil and military merit. The award is the oldest civilian award in the Americas, first being established in 1821.