Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit Grand Cross Breast Star, II Class, with Red Distinction. Buy Now holding a pair of binoculars

holding a pair of binoculars

on 2nd Type original military ribbon

the helmet plate is brass with the Prussian eagle insignia

while the bottom has four stub-like legs

The Battalion was raised in the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward

Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit Grand Cross Breast Star, II Class, with Red Distinction. Buy Now holding a pair of binoculars(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,