Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Auction Ontario on August 14

Ontario on August 14

Fabricated from an olive green-khaki cotton-wool blend with fold down flaps on either side

a bronze medal

the backer in white satin

39 mm x 58

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Auction Ontario on August 14(Orden Militar de San Fernando). Instituted 1811 by General Courts of Cadiz; approved 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Type II. Alfonso XII issue. An exceptional pierced Maltese Cross with ball finials in silver, obverse medallion in Gold featuring four superposed enameled red swords connected by the hilts, on an enameled white background, surrounded by elegant enameled blue border with the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit),