Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.
Grand Cross Star
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.
Portrait by José Gil de Castro
Ambrosio O'Higgins, Bernardo's father, whom he never met
José Miguel Carrera, with whom O'Higgins had an ongoing feud
Bust of Bernardo O' Higgins, Richmond Upon Thames, Greater London, United Kingdom.