Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of The Liberator, Knight, C.1940 Hold a page from the London

a page from the London Gazette and a Retirement Announcement from The Times

he was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet

This photo taken on the deck of the New Amsterdam shows the officers leaving in a lifeboat for the submarine

In gilded and enameled bronze

retaining some of its original cross-graining

Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of The Liberator, Knight, C.1940 Hold a page from the London"(Orden del Libertador). Instituted 1880. Type II. 1922 2010 Issue. An early example, consisting of a twenty eight rayed cross in silver gilt, rays of alternating length, obverse centre depicting a superposed bust of Simon Bolivar encircled by the inscription SIMON BOLIVAR on an enameled blue board, the reverse featuring an engraved coat of arms of Venezuela, measuring 37. 67 mm (w) x 44. 77 mm (h inclusive of integral ball), laterally pierced ball