Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 GTRexclude Framed Miniature Group: Knight Commander

Framed Miniature Group: Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (in GOLD and enamels

He volunteered for the Luftwaffe but was turned down for his height (1

commanded by Brigadier General Earl Naiden and (from August 18

inscribed “Alpine - Lehrgänge Der 4

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit With Brilliance, Grand Cross Star, C.1940 GTRexclude Framed Miniature Group: Knight Commander(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 in silver gilt 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 Spanish imperial crown in