Spain, Kingdom. A Scarce Neck Collar of the Royal Illustrious and Discreet Noble Chapter of Knights of Mercy, c.1900 Republic of he reverted to the rank

he reverted to the rank of Private on March 16th

dated “1942”

A bronze band of laurel leaves divides the crossguard from the handle

Instituted April 21

surrounded by the inscription "XXXVIII CAMP

Spain, Kingdom. A Scarce Neck Collar of the Royal Illustrious and Discreet Noble Chapter of Knights of Mercy, c.1900 Republic of he reverted to the rank(Real Ilustre Y Primitivo Captulo Noble de Caballeros de la Merced). Instituted January 10th, 1429. (c. 1900). A scarce and extremely fine jeweller made example of this order, constructed of silver gilt and delicately executed and extremely fine hand painted details, the obverse consisting of a large blood red enamelled shield with two smaller shields superimposed on the badge and separated by a golden spear, the right shield bears a hand painted