Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit Grand Cross Breast Star, II Class, with Red Distinction. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Revised in 1957

Revised in 1957

MARTIN JANßEN”

It is situated within an ornate gilded wooden frame

72mm in length

Royal Household Medal: in silver

Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit Grand Cross Breast Star, II Class, with Red Distinction. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Revised in 1957(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted in 1864. Type VI (1936 1976). Multiple piece construction, an eight point star with faceted rays, silver gilt and enamels center cross with alternating lions and castilles in each quadrant, vertical pinback with dual stays, unmarked, measuring at 70 mm in diameter, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order was instituted on 3 August 1864 by Queen Isabella II as the Order of Military Merit; since then,