Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Cisneros In Gold & Diamonds, Knight Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity Stitched onto the crown is

Stitched onto the crown is an intact transparent plastic moisture guard retaining a fully-legible maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL SCHELLENBERG” for the Berlin-based hatmaker

with examples constructed of bronze

on July 6th 1944

measuring 118 mm in diameter at the base x 355 mm in height

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Cisneros In Gold & Diamonds, Knight Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity Stitched onto the crown is(Orden de Cisneros). Instituted in 1944 by General Francisco Franco. Issued 1944 1975. Likely French manufacture, an exquisite and highly scarce ball tipped Maltese Cross in Gold, the ball finials embellishing by genuine brilliant cut Diamonds on each arm, with non genuine rubies illustrating the insignias red arms, featuring delicate Gold crossed arrows in each quadrant, the obverse displaying a highly performance hand painted Spanish eagle in black