El Salvador, Republic. A National Order of José Matías Delgado, Grand Cross Set Auction According to his Certificate of

According to his Certificate of Service issued in Ottawa in 1940

with a replacement bearer photograph stapled to the inside of the cover

pasted with 99 black-and-white photos depicting the wartime career of a Heer soldier primarily on the Eastern Front through late 1944

when he was Killed in Action on July 28

the obverse consisting of a German national eagle clutching a Mauser rifle in its beak

El Salvador, Republic. A National Order of José Matías Delgado, Grand Cross Set Auction According to his Certificate of(Orden Nacional de Jos Matias Delgado). Instituido in 1946. In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, blue enameled cross with obverse gilt centerpiece depicting the profile of Jos Matas Delgado, with five emanating rays in each quadrant, reverse centerpiece reads HONOR A LOS PRCERES DE LAS INDEPENDENCIA SALVADOREA, measuring 50. 3 mm (w) x 81. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and ball suspension, intact enamels, on its original full length sash