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Lot 30144 > Republic gold "War of the Triple Alliance" Valor Medal ND (c. 1889) AU, Barac-81, R&S-Ar29. 27mm. 14.73gm. 18ct. gold. Issued for valor by the "grateful nation" (Argentina) for operations against Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan war, a conflict that saw a coalition of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil inflict a devastating defeat on Paraguay in what is widely viewed as one of the deadliest conflicts ever experienced by a defeated country, as measured on a per-capita basis. The medal remains attached to the original ribbon, with its golden surfaces showing only relatively light handling and signs of an attractive reddish tone developing throughout.
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