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

between the arms of the stars are twelve rays radiating from the core of the star

leaving from there for the United Kingdom on July 1

The Participants’ Celebration on account of the Olympic Games in Berlin took place in the Deutschlandhalle on August 16

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

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