Uruguay, Republic. An 1865-1869 War With Paraguay, Officer’s Medal Hold An Iron Cross Second Class

An Iron Cross Second Class 1939 with Packet of Issue - Silver frame

the reverse dedicates this award to the fighters of the first war

measuring 53 mm (w) x 57

and since preserved at the Natural History Museum

Uruguay, Republic. An 1865-1869 War With Paraguay, Officer’s Medal Hold An Iron Cross Second ClassEjercito Aliado contra el Paraguay. Instituted in 1891. In blackened iron, a large arrow cross with a wreath in each quadrant, the obverse medallion features the Uruguay coat of arms surrounded by a wreath with a sunburst on top, in a surround inscribed CAMPANA DEL PARAGUAY 1865 1869, the reverse center presents the inscription A LAS VIRTUDES MILITARES, surrounded by a ring inscribed REPUBLIC ORIENTAL OF URUGUAY, suspended from a silver starburst with