Dominican Republic, Trujillo Period. An Order Of The Benefactor Of The Nation, Bronze Class, C.1960 Hold hand-stitched to field-grey wool backer

hand-stitched to field-grey wool backer

Oliver was discharged upon demobilization at the Clearing Depot in Saint John

where he was severely wounded in his right forearm by a shell fragment

in September of 1918 he became a prisoner of war in England

and has his ear close to the ground

Dominican Republic, Trujillo Period. An Order Of The Benefactor Of The Nation, Bronze Class, C.1960 Hold hand-stitched to field-grey wool backer(Orden del Benefactor de la Nacin). Instituted in 1955 by Rafael Trujillo. A 25 pointed sun in bronze, obverse displaying a right facing bust of Trujillo flanked by two Dominican flags with five stars between them, the reverse featuring a central Dominican coat of arms surrounded by the legend 25 AOS DE LA GLORIOSA ERA DE TRUJILLO AO DEL BENEFACTOR DE LA PATRIA (25 Years of the Glorious Era of Trujillo, Year of the Benefactor of the Fatherland),