Spain, Franco Period. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Breast Star, c.1960 Auction measuring 23 mm (w) x

measuring 23 mm (w) x 27 mm (h))

detailed the injuries he sustained to the three areas of his body: his left groin: "large very septic wound of his left groin involving deeper structure

and subsequently called as a witness in the Nuremberg Trials

constructed of a field-grey rayon blend

Spain, Franco Period. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Breast Star, c.1960 Auction measuring 23 mm (w) x(Orden al Mrito Civil). Instituted by King Alfonso XIII on June 25, 1926. 1940 1975 Issue. In silver gilt, a multirayed eight pointed star with beaded arms, the obverse is superposed by a blue enamelled white edged four armed cross also in silver, featuring the central inscription AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), the cross is surmounted by a period Imperial crown also in silver gilt, the reverse with principal pin assembly flanked by two stays,