Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Penitentiary Social Merit, Distinguished Gold Cross With Collar, C.1945 Auction Archive "" (Whitehead & Hoag)

"" (Whitehead & Hoag)

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

with minor surface scratching evident

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

An extremely well-preserved example of a small version of the NSDAP Golden Party Badge

Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Penitentiary Social Merit, Distinguished Gold Cross With Collar, C.1945 Auction Archive "" (Whitehead & Hoag)(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