Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Newly Listed the Hong Kong Clasp on

the Hong Kong Clasp on the CVSM being a replica

the reverse maker marked “F

with two gilded aluminum rank pips

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

This ship was the former British freighter Speybank

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Newly Listed the Hong Kong Clasp on(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),