Spain, Fascist State. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star Auction Captain Vernon Russell Davies later

Captain Vernon Russell Davies later served during the Second World War

226 mm x 300 mm)

the reverse with two lugs retaining a pin

A lot of three 1936 Winter Olympics badges and decorations

the reverse bearing a brief handwritten inscription and date of September 1943

Spain, Fascist State. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star Auction Captain Vernon Russell Davies later(Orden del Mrito Civil). Instituted June 25, 1926. Type II (1942 1975). In silver gilt, an eight point star bearing clusters of faceted rays, a white and blue enamel Saltire cross sits atop the star with a central medallion bearing a female figure encircled by the inscription AL MERITO CIVIL in blue enamel, an Imperial crown on the 12 oclock ray, the reverse with a vertical pin assembly flanked by dual stays, measures 73. 6 mm (w) x 74. 9 mm (h),