Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Distinction, 3Rd Class Cross, C.1950 Auction measuring 42 mm

measuring 42 mm

cockade and eagle I silvered metal

with three of its four plastic buttons intact

delicately made in silver

His ashes were returned to Vienna

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Distinction, 3Rd Class Cross, C.1950 Auction measuring 42 mm(Orden al Mrito Militar). Intituted 1864. Franco Period (1938 1975). Type I, White Distinction. A finely eight pointed star in silver gilt, with obverse centre depicting a large white enamelled cross of four equal arms also in silver gilt, with superposed white, blue and red enamelled silver gilded national coat of arms, surmounted typical of period time Spanish royal crown and clasp both in silver gilt, with alternating silver lions and castles in