Nicaragua, Republic. An Order of Cultural Independence “Rubén Darío”, Grand Cross Set I Class, c. 1960 Auction Archive set within laurel leaf branches

set within laurel leaf branches

with a pebbled underlay

NHACSWW with bronze pinback hanger

the crescent ridge of the protruding wide oval caps trimmed in four rows of silvered copper wire

It is accompanied by its period original ribbon

Nicaragua, Republic. An Order of Cultural Independence “Rubén Darío”, Grand Cross Set I Class, c. 1960 Auction Archive set within laurel leaf branches(Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubn Daro). Instituted February 16th, 1951. (c. 1960 issue). A cased example with a breast star and sash badge to the Grand Cross, consisting of: 1. A breast star, constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a four pointed star with nine rays per arm, along with three rays in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a blue enameled cross, both horizontal arms with white enameled swans, the