Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature War Cross, I Class Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity King George III

King George III

holes on either side of "DIVISION" for mounting)

000 participants

the German Cross in Silver

7 mm (w) x 88 mm (h)

Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature War Cross, I Class Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity King George III(Cruz de Guerra). Instituted 1937 by General Francisco Franco. Francos government issue. Of high quality manufacture, a miniature consisting of an eight pointed star in silver, with obverse in bronze gilt exhibiting a four armed cross with alternated lions and castles in each arm, featuring crossed swords in each quadrant, with an Imperial Spanish crown and a beneath clasp on the 12 o'clock arm, central medallion in blue, white and red enamels