Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Civil Merit, Commander By Number With Diamonds, C.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Palais Royal

Palais Royal

Lindenstrasse 50

This cross is the finest example eMedals has offered of this type

inscribed and addressed in black ink

Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Civil Merit, Commander By Number With Diamonds, C.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Palais Royal(Orden del Mrito Civil, Comandante). Instituted in 1926. Type II (1942 1975). A silver eight point star with superimposed blue and white enamelled cross, the obverse medallion with the inscription AL MERITO CIVIL, a crown in Gold and Silver with diamonds sits on the 12 oclock arm, the reverse with a decorative vertical pin flanked by dual stays , presenting five rivets on the reverse, measures 77. 4mm (w) x 80. 7mm (h), weighs 61. 2 grams, reverse