Ecuador, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set GTRexclude the reverse in postcard format

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a brief handwritten inscription with a Braunschweig studio mark

Upon arrival

Close Combat Clasp

spotting evident on the star and wings

revealing a shallow interior

Ecuador, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set GTRexclude the reverse in postcard format(Orden Nacional al Mrito). Instituted October 8, 1921. A Grand Cross Set, comprising a Sash Badge, in silver gilt, a twelve ray badge with red enamels, with segments of green enamel wreath weaving over and under alternating rays, the obverse medallion in silver gilt portraying three mountains with a smiling sun, the inscription reads REPUBLIC DEL ECUADOR AL MERITO, the reverse plain, 55. 75 mm (w) x 60. 88 mm (h), weighs 114. 35 grams (including