Spain, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Commander By Number’s Star, C.1870 Archive 8 mm (w) x 39

8 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

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Spain, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Commander By Number’s Star, C.1870 Archive 8 mm (w) x 39(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII. Queen Isabellas reign issue. Of fine quality manufacture, a miniature consisting of a ball tipped Maltese Cross in bronze gilt, featuring sets of three silvered rays in each quadrant, obverse exhibiting a figure of St. Hermenegildo riding a horse on a dark blue enameled background, surrounded by the inscription CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Military Constancy), encircled by a