Argentina, Republic. An Order Of May, Civil Merit, Grand Cross, C.1960 Newly Listed planned and rehearsed for a

planned and rehearsed for a week

44 mm (w) x 54 mm (h)

The first proposal to attack the Ottoman Empire was made by the French Minister of Justice Aristide Briand on November 1914

1918 at Shorncliffe

the 12 o’clock arm bears a crown and the 6 o’clock arm bears the date “1870”

Argentina, Republic. An Order Of May, Civil Merit, Grand Cross, C.1960 Newly Listed planned and rehearsed for a(Orden de Mayo). Instituted in 1946. Type II (1957 1973 Issue). Civil Division. A very scarce set of the Grand Cross constructed of silver gilt, with Sash Badge consisting of a multirayed 8 pointed star, with obverse depicting an enameled white 13 pointed sun of May, bearing a period engraved female bust facing left, encircled by an enameled red ring with the inscription AL MERITO (To Merit), reverse with mirrored design but displaying a partially