Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, I Class Commander, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity Gehlken is deemed partly fit

Gehlken is deemed partly fit for service

Foonote: The smaller one reads: the Fuhrer decrees on this day that the Obertruppfuhrer Helmut Buchlinger of the RAD

1994 at Sharon United Church in Stellarton

less than a month after enlistment but his "absence (was) satisfactorily explained" when he returned on the 12th

also rating better than very fine

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, I Class Commander, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity Gehlken is deemed partly fit(Orden al Mrito). Instituted 1906. Type V, 1929 present issued. In silver gilt five pointed star with ball finials, in white enamels, with silver gilt laurel wreath in each quadrant, obverse centre displaying a female bust, symbol of the republican government, surrounded by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE (Chilean Republic), reverse centre in silver gilt exhibiting the inscription AL MERITO (for Merit), suspended by a detailed flying condor also in