Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 Auction Beginning with ninety small ships

Beginning with ninety small ships

The 2nd Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

stamped "JOHN B LEE III / 2ND

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

a fine set of matching Collar Tabs

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 Auction Beginning with ninety small ships(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