Spain, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of The Holy Cross And Victims Of May 2, 1808, Silver Medal, C.1900 Auction numbered "53269"

numbered "53269"

He was also cited numerous times for being drunk and punished accordingly

the interior of the lid lined with off-white satin and embossed “Wilhelm Deumer

surrounded by the inscriptions "HONORING AMERICANS STILL MISSING" and "1961 VIETNAM LAOS CAMBODIA 1973"

maroon felt-wrapped strap stitched to the underside at the rear near the top edge

Spain, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of The Holy Cross And Victims Of May 2, 1808, Silver Medal, C.1900 Auction numbered "53269"(Orden Humanitaria de la Santa Cruz y Vctimas del 2 de Mayo de 1808). Instituted 1867 by Queen Isabella II. Isabellas reign issue. Type I. Of high quality manufacture, a very rare miniature of an unbodied silver medal, consisting of a central red enameled Latin Cross, surrounded by very detailed silver laurel and palm branches, with very well done beneath crossed cannons and bullets, surmounted by a laurel wreath tied by a ribbon, with plain reverse,