Spain, Franco Period. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Set, in Case, c.1968 Hold side-entry pockets on either side

side-entry pockets on either side at the waist

wingnut screwback with silver support plate

maker marked “D

stamped oval shaped silvered tombac

He died of wounds at age 24 on 16th September 1916

Spain, Franco Period. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Set, in Case, c.1968 Hold side-entry pockets on either side(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