Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Military Merit, II Class Star, c.1950 Auction Archive with a red faux leather

with a red faux leather (leatherette) exterior

with the ribbing retaining a period original twisted bronze cord

South Africa on February 18th or 25th

An outstanding and exceptional award of multi piece construction

Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Military Merit, II Class Star, c.1950 Auction Archive with a red faux leather(Orden del Mrito Militar). Instituted by Queen Isabel II on August 3, 1864. A six pointed star with multirayed arms in silvered bronze, the obverse is superimposed by an enameled white four armed cross in bronze gilt, presenting alternated gilded lions and castles in each quadrant, with a central period Spanish coat of arms in enamels, 12 oclock arms depicts a gilded clasp surmounted by a period Spanish crown both in bronze gilt, the reverse with pin