Venezuela, Republic. An Order of the Liberator, Grand Cross Star, c.1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Royal Cypher topped by

the Royal Cypher topped by the Victorian crown prominently displayed and framed in an oval in the hilt

and requiring the President's approval for the award

the obverse with a central circular medallion constructed of 18kt Yellow Gold with a black field bearing a Gold rampant lion

one small pawnbroker’s test mark at the bottom

the reverse of the eagle maker marked with the partially-legible stamp of a Gotha-based manufacturer

Venezuela, Republic. An Order of the Liberator, Grand Cross Star, c.1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Royal Cypher topped by(Orden del Libertador). Promoted to Order by President Antonio Guzmn Blanco in 1881. Type II. In silver and silver gilt, a multiple rayed eight pointed star with clusters of smooth rays, the obverse presenting a right facing portrait of Simon Bolivar, surrounded by an enamelled blue border inscribed SIMON BOLIVAR, as well as by a ring of silvered bronze beads, the reverse presents a thin singular pin typical of French manufacture, marked with a boars