Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay. Lot of Four Badges
Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina) Officer's Cap Badge (in gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, along with a series of gold-coloured sequins, illustrating a fouled anchor within an oval, framed by an open-ended wreath and surmounted by a sunburst, on a black wool upper, padded, grayish-black cotton backer, measuring 97 mm (w) x 80 mm (h), paper and glue residue evident on the reverse from previous board mounting); Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile) Colonel's Cap Badge, c. 1980s (in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, along with three gilt balls, black threading giving definition to the condor's eye and talons, red threading giving definition to the top and bottom of the condor's head, on a black wool upper, black wool backer, measuring 78 mm (w) x 93 mm (h)); Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya) Lapel Badge (in gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, on a black wool upper, white paper backer, measuring 152 mm (w) x 62 mm (h); and Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya) Lieutenant-General's Cap Badge (oval Uruguayan coat-of-arms in bronze gilt with navy blue and white enamels affixed to the badge via a screw, washer and nut combo, the wings, wreath and sunburst in gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, along with a single gold-coloured sequin in the sunburst, on a black wool upper, black wool backer, intact enamels, measuring 133 mm (w) x 67 mm (h)). Extremely fine.

