Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Star, C.1940 Auction measuring 73 mm x 81

measuring 73 mm x 81 mm

the other is light blue embroidery on grayish-blue wool

Neil Barker (the former Addie Cole)

reverse centrepiece marked "PRL"

Unmarked missing pin and catch on reverse

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Star, C.1940 Auction measuring 73 mm x 81(Orden al Mrito Militar). Instituted 1864 by Queen Isabel II of Spain. Francisco Franco (1940 1975) issue. Type I. White Division. A faceted eight pointed star in silvered bronze, with obverse featuring a centrepiece in bronze gilt consisting of an enameled white four armed cross, with alternating Spanish castles and lions in each quadrant also in bronze gilt, superposed by an enameled red, white, and blue time of period Spanish coat of arms, beneath