Legion of Merit, Chief Commander, instituted in 1942

Breast Star, 71 mm., gilt Bronze, one side enameled, on a wreath of green laurel joined at the bottom by a gold bow-knot (rosette), a domed five-pointed white star bordered crimson, points reversed with v-shaped extremities tipped with a gold ball. In the center, a blue disk encircled by gold clouds, with 13 white stars arranged in the pattern that appears on the Great Seal of the United States. Between each point, within the wreath, are crossed arrows pointing outwards, on reverse “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” engraved in the center, thin horizontal pin. A star in extremely fine condition! I