Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 Auction under the constellation of the

under the constellation of the Southern Cross and also in memory of the name ""Terra de Santa Cruz"" (Land of the Holy Cross) given to Brazil at the time of European discovery

Service Records and Discharge Papers

all my estate and personal belonging

an Oberfeldwebel board

chipping and repair evident in the blue and white enamels on the obverse centrepiece

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 Auction under the constellation of the(Orden al Mrito Civil). Instituted by King Alfonso XIII on June 25, 1926. Of high quality manufacture, an exceptional and desirable beaded eight armed cross in polished silver, the obverse in silver gilt featuring an unusual superimposed silver female figure on an enameled white background, circumscribed by an enameled blue white framed four armed cross with the inscription AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), crowned by period Spanish imperial crown in