Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Star, C.1940 Hold USS Snook was lost while

USS Snook was lost while conducting her ninth war patrol

1926 to May 2

embarking Port of Wolfe's Cove

original wax wrapping paper with packet of issue

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Star, C.1940 Hold USS Snook was lost while(Orden al Mrito Militar). Instituted 1864 by Queen Isabel II of Spain. Francisco Franco (1940 1975) issue. Type I. White Division. A faceted eight pointed star in silvered bronze, with obverse featuring a centrepiece in bronze gilt consisting of an enameled white four armed cross, with alternating Spanish castles and lions in each quadrant also in bronze gilt, superposed by an enameled red, white, and blue time of period Spanish coat of arms, beneath