Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit, German Made, c.1930 Newly Listed as a token of friendship

as a token of friendship

This tail prevented the smock from riding over the head of the wearer when parachuting and could be undone upon landing

measuring 101 mm x 93 mm

Footnote: Norman Dennis Hayes was born in 1921

Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit, German Made, c.1930 Newly Listed as a token of friendshipOrder of Military Merit, Type I, III Class Breast Star (White Distinction). Of typical German manufacture, in silver and enamels, featuring a white enamel cross with Spanish insignia in the central medallion, a silver gilt bar and crown on the 12 oclock arm, with alternating lions and castilles in each quadrant, the reverse features a vertical pin, measures 59. 85 mm (w) x 60. 41 mm (h), enamels intact, several rays bent, hairline cracks in enamels,