Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Newly Listed to fix the bridge onto

to fix the bridge onto a tank which was then driven into the river

(War Lords Era

with two gilded aluminum rank pips

44mm (64mm including wreath suspension)

keenness and devotion to duty and does not spare himself in directing

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Newly Listed to fix the bridge onto(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),