Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 United Republic of sinking 30 ships and damaging

sinking 30 ships and damaging 2

The medal was awarded to troops and officers from Brunswick who participated in the Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo

Ontario prior to enlisting with the CEF in March 1915

an excellent example of an Afrikakorps POW trench art in extremely fine condition

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and marked "M7/51/38" on the reverse ricasso

Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 United Republic of sinking 30 ships and damaging(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3rd, 1864. (c. 1940 issue). Type VI. An eight pointed gilded bronze multi faceted star with a large white enameled gilded Greek Cross with silvered rampant lions and castle towers in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central enameled the obverse with a central emblem bearing the coat of arms of Castile, Len, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, topped by a gilt bar to bear the date