Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross Star, C.1915 Hold white wool backer

white wool backer

bearing a frontal bronze plaque with an engraved inscription of “OBERJÄGER PREIßSCHIEßEN am 19

inside lid lined in blue satin

This Order is the civil Order that has been awarded the most among Spanish citizens

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Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross Star, C.1915 Hold white wool backer(Orden Militar de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Alfonso XIII issue. A ball tipped faceted Maltese Cross in silver gilt, featuring cluster of seven silver rays in each quadrant, obverse centre in blue enamels exhibiting a riding figure of St. Hermenegildo also in silver gilt, surrounded by a white enamel border inscribed PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Award for Military Constancy), as well by an outsider green