Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star in Gold and Diamonds, c.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 035 mm length

035 mm length

15th Canadian Infantry Battalion - British-made

all unmarked and measuring 56 mm in diameter

Following a brief battle

as well as a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo topped by a maker code of “120/34” for an unidentified but documented manufacturer of superior-quality SS blades active in the later period of dress uniform edge weapons production

Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star in Gold and Diamonds, c.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 035 mm length(Orden al Mrito Civil). Instituted by King Alfonso XIII on June 25, 1926. Of high quality manufacture, an exceptional and desirable beaded eight armed cross in polished silver, the obverse insignia in 18K Gold frame featuring an unusual superimposed silver female figure on an enameled white background, circumscribed by an enameled blue white framed four armed cross with the inscription AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), crowned by period 18K Gold