Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 Newly Listed maker marked "J" (C

maker marked "J" (C

in bronzed zink alloy

Klasse” in top condition

the gilt monogram of King Carol I on the obverse centrepiece

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 Newly Listed maker marked "J" (C(Medalla Militar). Instituted in 1918 by Alfonso XIII of Spain. A solid silver medal, the obverse medallion presents a fight facing female figure holding a wreath, with the sun setting in the left background and a shield with a lion face on the on the right, the medallion is surrounded by a silver wreath with a rampant lion on each side, a small banner at 6 oclock reads AL MERITO EN CAMPANA, the reverse presents the Spanish coat of arms overlaid on an