Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Archive plus two miniatures

plus two miniatures

25 General Hospital at Hardelot on December 18th

35 mm (w) x 53

An extremely fine quality manufacture Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler mit Schwerter

ATTLEBORO"" on the reverse

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Archive plus two miniatures(Orden Militar de San Fernando). Instituted 1811 by General Courts of Cadiz; approved 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Type II. Alfonso XII issue. An exceptional pierced Maltese Cross with ball finials in silver, obverse medallion in Gold featuring four superposed enameled red swords connected by the hilts, on an enameled white background, surrounded by elegant enameled blue border with the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit),