Brazil, Republic. An Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross, by H. Stern Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Order of the

Footnote: The Order of the Sun (La Orden El Sol del Peru) is the highest award bestowed by the nation of Peru to commend notable civil and military merit

encompassed by a border reading “MILITÄR u

all edged by twisted aluminum wires

the obverse left bearing an inscription of “DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER DER STADT MANNHEIM” (“THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MANNHEIM”) in gold Fraktur script

Brazil, Republic. An Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross, by H. Stern Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Order of the(Ordem do Rio Blanco). Instituted February 14, 1962. A Brazilian Order of Rio Branco; Grand Cross Set. The Cross presents in silver gilt with white and blue enamels, with a gold gilded center medallion with the inscription VBIQVE PATRIAE MEMOR, the reverse medallion dated 1845 1912, measures 62. 1 mm (w) x 74. 7 mm (h), weighs 63. 09 grams, suspended from a an elongated loop and worn on a full length blue and white silk sash, enamels intact, light