Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, Commander, C.1950 Newly Listed (Gebirgsjäger Oberscharführer Schulterriemen)

(Gebirgsjäger Oberscharführer Schulterriemen)

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Leather-bound cover

circumscribed “PRO DEO ET PATRIA” (Latin - God and Country)

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, Commander, C.1950 Newly Listed (Gebirgsjäger Oberscharführer Schulterriemen)(Orden al Mrito Civil). Instituted 1926. 1942 1975 Issue. A four armed cross composed by clusters of faceted rays in silver gilt, with obverse featuring a superposed enameled blue cross inscribed AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), adorned by a typical of time period Spanish crown, featuring plain reverse, suspended by an enameled green laurel wreath also in silver gilt, measuring 48. 67 mm (w) x 79. 48 mm (h inclusive of the wreath suspension), light