Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Two Orders Of The Republic

Includes:

1. II Class Breast Badge (in bronze with maroon, white, black, orange enamels, measuring 59 mm (w) x 68.5 (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, chipping and loss evident in the black enamels to the right of the eagle's head, missing the second orange and white backer plate).

2. I Class Breast Star (in bronze with maroon, white, black, orange enamels, measuring 59.5 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), missing the second orange and white backer plate, with a horizontal pinback having been added). Near very fine and better than very fine, respectively.

Footnote: The Order of the Republic was instituted in 1969 and awarded to heads of state, in two grades. Most of the medals, orders and decorations attributed to the Qaddafi era were destroyed and burned by the new revolutionary government, therefore, they are near impossible to find.