Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star in Gold and Diamonds, c.1940 Buy Now 1872-1874 Issue

1872-1874 Issue

58mm (x79mm including crescent suspension)

Measures 55x60mm

6 mm (w) x 62

flaw evident on the right side of the circular frame around the arms

Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star in Gold and Diamonds, c.1940 Buy Now 1872-1874 Issue(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