Ecuador, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set GTRexclude with a central white enameled

with a central white enameled medallion

spotting evident on the star and wings

Participant Medal

marked with the worker's number "51" between the lion's rear foot and tail on the obverse

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

Ecuador, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set GTRexclude with a central white enameled(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