stamped oval shaped silvered tombac
The book served as a photo collection album for 272 tinted pictures
maker marked “D
the obverse bearing a raised and finely-detailed Lorch skyline above an inscription of “LORCH”
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Spain, Franco Period. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Set, in Case, c.1968 Hold stamped oval shaped silvered tombac(Orden del Mrito Civil). Instituted in 1926. A Grand Cross, in silver gilt, a four point star with faceted rays, the obverse is superposed by a blue enamelled white edged four armed cross also in silver gilt, featuring the central inscription AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), a period Imperial crown sits on the 12 oclock arm, surmounted by a green enamelled wreath, the reverse is plain, measures 49. 4 mm (w) x 75. 6 mm (h), worn on a full length