Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Province of China white-enameled Maltese cross

white-enameled Maltese cross

gilt wear but otherwise very fine condition

with chains and hangers

complemented by nine pages of black and white plates (frontispiece

1883 to Unteroffizier (NCO)

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Province of China white-enameled Maltese cross(Medalla Militar). Instituted in 1918 by Alfonso XIII of Spain. A solid silver medal, the obverse medallion presents a fight facing female figure holding a wreath, with the sun setting in the left background and a shield with a lion face on the on the right, the medallion is surrounded by a silver wreath with a rampant lion on each side, a small banner at 6 oclock reads AL MERITO EN CAMPANA, the reverse presents the Spanish coat of arms overlaid on an