Venezuela, Republic. An Order of the Liberator, Grand Cross Star, c.1930

(Orden del Libertador). Promoted to Order by President Antonio Guzmán Blanco in 1881. Type II. In silver and silver gilt, a multiple-rayed eight-pointed star with clusters of smooth rays, the obverse presenting a right facing portrait of Simon Bolivar, surrounded by an enamelled blue border inscribed SIMON BOLIVAR, as well as by a ring of silvered bronze beads, the reverse presents a thin singular pin typical of French manufacture, marked with a boars head denoting Paris manufacture and small silver guarantee post 1838, measuring 89.39 mm (w) x 89.25 mm (h), weighs 84.03 grams, minor wear, loss of gilt, enamels intact, reverse bearing remnants of dual stays that are now missing, remains in near extremely fine condition.