Spain, Fascist State. An Agricultural Order Of Merit, Grand Cross Star, C.1945 Auction suspended from a period original

suspended from a period original bow-tie ribbon

Page 3 features an article about Knight’s Cross recipient Bannführer Hohenhausen talking to two Hitler Youth members that were awarded the War Merit Cross with Swords for their bravery during the bombing of the city of Essen

maker marked “Haurich

making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during "the Troubles"

Spain, Fascist State. An Agricultural Order Of Merit, Grand Cross Star, C.1945 Auction suspended from a period original(Orden al Mrito Agrcola). Instituted on December 1, 1905 by King Alfonso XIII. Type I. A Grand Cross Breast Star, in silver, an eight arm star of smooth green enamelled rays, the obverse medallion features a silver disc of a woman plowing a field, encircled by a white enamel ring inscribed MERITO AGRICOLA again surrounded by a decorating ring of agricultural symbols with a Spanish crown at 12 oclock and a coat of arms at 6 oclock, the reverse presents