Uruguay, Republic. An 1865-1869 War With Paraguay, Officer’s Medal Hold with minor wear evident

with minor wear evident

and since preserved at the Natural History Museum

The top of the lanyard has a gilt washed

Is ambitious

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

Uruguay, Republic. An 1865-1869 War With Paraguay, Officer’s Medal Hold with minor wear evidentEjercito 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