Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 Auction ) Naming is officially impressed

) Naming is officially impressed and is very fine

He took a grenade splinter to the lower right arm

He was initially declared "Missing in Action"

Four and half months after arriving in France

This badge became obsolete when the Territorial Force was elevated to become the Territorial Army

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 Auction ) Naming is officially impressed(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