El Salvador, Republic. A National Order of José Matías Delgado, Grand Cross Set Auction 1 Canadian General Etaples

1 Canadian General Etaples

pasted with 99 black-and-white photos depicting the wartime career of a Heer soldier primarily on the Eastern Front through late 1944

when he was Killed in Action on July 28

a gently worn example

El Salvador, Republic. A National Order of José Matías Delgado, Grand Cross Set Auction 1 Canadian General Etaples(Orden Nacional de Jos Matias Delgado). Instituido in 1946. In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, blue enameled cross with obverse gilt centerpiece depicting the profile of Jos Matas Delgado, with five emanating rays in each quadrant, reverse centerpiece reads HONOR A LOS PRCERES DE LAS INDEPENDENCIA SALVADOREA, measuring 50. 3 mm (w) x 81. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and ball suspension, intact enamels, on its original full length sash