Spain, Spanish State. A War Cross Breast Star Hold with an Officer class being

with an Officer class being added in 1940

Instituted 16 August 1921

it was noted that Mellon had appeared before a Medical Board on February 26th and that the Board recommended that Mellon be discharged from active service

after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War

XXVII - The War in Zululand and the V

Spain, Spanish State. A War Cross Breast Star Hold with an Officer class beingConstructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a vaulted eight pointed pebbled star, overlaid by a gilded cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, overlaid by a central enameled medallion bearing the coat of arms of Castile and Len, within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of AL MERITO EN CAMPAA, the