Spain, Kingdom. A Royal And Distinguished Order Of Charles III, Grand Cross In Gold, C.1870 GTRexclude the Sovereign and the Royal

the Sovereign and the Royal Family

As a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army he saw action in Russia

the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapered pinback meeting a flat wire catch

She was scrapped at Faslane

the German items mostly of post 1945 production

Spain, Kingdom. A Royal And Distinguished Order Of Charles III, Grand Cross In Gold, C.1870 GTRexclude the Sovereign and the Royal(Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III). Instituted September 19, 1771 by King Charles III. Isabell II (1833 1870). Grand cross in 18Kt. Gold, presenting a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials and detailed Gold borders, with a smaller blue enamelled Maltese cross in each arm, a fleur de lis in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents a superimposed hand painted standing figure of the virgin Mary standing on a cloud in white enamel