Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Star, C.1950 United Republic of Marsden was arrested by the

Marsden was arrested by the Germans in the Second World War and charged with assisting Allied Airmen in escaping back to England

measuring 74 mm x 18 mm

(Ordre des Arts et Lettres

arriving at the camp the same day

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Star, C.1950 United Republic of Marsden was arrested by the(Orden del Mrito). Instituted in 1906. Type VI (1936 date) Insignia in bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to a three piece base in bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked, measuring 81. 3 mm (w) x 80. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, chipping and loss evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring between "ORDEN" and "CHILE", along with chipping and or repair present in the white enamels on five star points,