Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, Commander, C.1950 United Republic of In gilt and silvered metal

In gilt and silvered metal

on a leather string)

twenty with both lugs intact

5 mm (w) x 57 mm (h)

measuring 43 mm pin on reverse

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, Commander, C.1950 United Republic of In gilt and silvered metal(Orden al Mrito Civil). Instituted 1926. 1942 1975 Issue. A four armed cross composed by clusters of faceted rays in silver gilt, with obverse featuring a superposed enameled blue cross inscribed AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), adorned by a typical of time period Spanish crown, featuring plain reverse, suspended by an enameled green laurel wreath also in silver gilt, measuring 48. 67 mm (w) x 79. 48 mm (h inclusive of the wreath suspension), light