Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Spain, Franco Period, Order of Military Merit (3), Second Class Star, 62mm, gilt and enamel, with red enamel cross with white stripes for retired military personnel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks; Third Class Star, 63mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with white enamel cross for a peace-time award, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks; breast badge, gilt and enamel, with white enamel cross for a peace-time award, generally very fine

Spain, Franco Period, Order of Naval Merit, Second Class Star, 65mm, gilt and enamel, with red enamel cross for a War-time award, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, very fine (4) £120-£160

Sold together with two small miniature Knight’s badges, both gilt and enamel, the first bearing the shields of Leon and Castille, with knight’s helmet above; the second the badge of the Royal Cavalry Armoury of Valencia, the motto ‘Nobilitati Decus Equestrus Labor 1697’ around.