Spain, Franco Period. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross Badge, C.1950 Newly Listed BELL 57th Regt

BELL 57th Regt

his mother was informed that she would be receiving a Purple Heart in his honor

75mm x 91mm (or approximately 3 x 3 1/2 inches)

the end of this same strap attached to an aluminum post rising from the centre of the aluminum cap

privately engraved (H

Spain, Franco Period. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross Badge, C.1950 Newly Listed BELL 57th Regt(Orden Militar de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Franco's issue. An enameled white for armed cross in silver gilt, surmounted by a period Spanish Imperial crown also in silver gilt, obverse centre exhibiting a superposed riding figure of St. Hermenegildo on an enameled blue background, encircled by an enameled blue border inscribed PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Award for Military Constancy), reverse featuring the