Libya, Republic. An Order Of The Republic Star, I Class, c. 1960. Buy Now measuring 49 mm (w) x

measuring 49 mm (w) x 65 mm (l) x 24 mm (h)

also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

Sergeant Deriemaeker was invalided to Dover

Footnote: The award was created in 1926 by the government headed by General Primo de Rivera

and rays in gold and enamels

Libya, Republic. An Order Of The Republic Star, I Class, c. 1960. Buy Now measuring 49 mm (w) xInstituted in 1969. In bronze and orange, maroon, white, and black enamel, pin back, 63. 6 mm, enamels intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Republic was instituted in 1969 and was awarded to heads of state for special merit to the Republic, in two grades: I Class Badge and Breast Star; and II Class Badge. Most of the medals, orders and decorations attributed to the Qaddafi era were destroyed and burned by the new revolutionary