Spain, Facist State. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Grand Cross Breast Star With White Distinction Archive 1918 - in die stamped

1918 - in die stamped silvered tombac

46 mm (w) x 45

a small board

and with dark green Army waffenfarbe underlay

Spain, Facist State. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Grand Cross Breast Star With White Distinction Archive 1918 - in die stamped(Orden del Mrito Militar). Instituted in 1864. Multi piece construction, insignia in silver gilt with red, white and blue enamels, the white cross indicative of peacetime merit, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with five dual faceted rays, measuring 69. 5 mm (w) x 69. 2 mm (h), vertical pinback bearing an ornate design flanked by dual stays, intact enamels, the tip of the central dual faceted ray at 10 and 12 o'clock