Spain, Franco Period. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Commander's Star, C.1950 Buy Now of Weyersberg”

of Weyersberg”

measuring 56 mm x 45 mm

He served as a gunner with the 72nd Overseas Field Battery (72nd Queen's Battery)

Constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

Spain, Franco Period. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Commander's Star, C.1950 Buy Now of Weyersberg”(Orden Militar de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Francos issue. A bronze gilt ball tipped Maltese Cross with pierced arms, featuring cluster of fice silvered rays in each quadrant, obverse centre in blue enamels exhibiting a riding figure of St. Hermenegildo, surrounded by a white enamel border inscribed PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Award for Military Constancy), as well by a tied green enameled laurel wreath,