Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Auction embossed with the maker’s mark

embossed with the maker’s mark “Robert Hauschild

in order to see if it is a pre-1950 badge (often

4 in Montreal (2085399)

maker marked "G B" (Gustav Brehmer

Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Auction embossed with the maker’s mark(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3rd, 1864. (c. 1940 issue). Type VI. An eight pointed gilded bronze multi faceted star with a large white enameled gilded Greek Cross with silvered rampant lions and castle towers in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central enameled the obverse with a central emblem bearing the coat of arms of Castile, Len, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, topped by a gilt bar to bear the date