Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit, I Class Cross (Red Distinction) Auction Archive Within the frame

Within the frame

two are silvered

50 mm (w) x 21

All buttons are constructed of gilt bronze with a leather core

Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit, I Class Cross (Red Distinction) Auction Archive Within the frame(Orden del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3, 1864. In silver gilt, a red enamelled cross with central medallion featuring alternating lions and castilles in red in white quadrants with a central blue, the reverse medallion with a red enamelled MM (Merito Militare) monogram, surmounting imperial crown, marked on the reverse 12 oclock arm with a standard silver star, denoting . 915 fineness between 1934 1988, worn on the original ribbon with brooch