Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Penitentiary Social Merit, Distinguished Gold Cross With Collar, C.1945 Auction Archive In field gray wool

In field gray wool

with minor surface scratching evident

overlaid by a silver-grey Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

closed shop and joined his cousin Henry in the manufacturing of canes

constructed of a silvered aluminum alloy

Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Penitentiary Social Merit, Distinguished Gold Cross With Collar, C.1945 Auction Archive In field gray wool(Orden del Merito Social Penitenciario). Instituted May 1 1944 by Francisco Franco. In silver gilt, the decoration consists of an eight point star with clusters of smooth rays, the obverse bears a large superimposed blue enamelled cross, with the central medallion presenting the Virgin of Mercy in enamels, surrounded by a dark blue ring inscribed MATER CAPTIVORUM (Mother of Captives), the reverse is plain with two rivets at 12 and 6 oclock, the badge