Liberia. A Humane Order of African Redemption, Grand Cross Set, c.1930 Archive This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 454 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Constructed of of gilded non-magnetic metal (probably zinc)

some loss of silver finish to the applicable features

Issued 1879-1918

Mexican Campaign Medal

Liberia. A Humane Order of African Redemption, Grand Cross Set, c.1930 Archive This particular buckle is illustratedInstituted in January 1879. Of French manufacture, a lovely Grand Cross Set, consisting of the sash badge, in silver gilt, a five point white enamel star with ball finials, smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse central medallion presenting two figures kneeling before a cross, the figures framed within a wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves and berries, the reverse medallion with hand painted scene of a boat on a beach with a setting