Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross, C.1900 Auction was awarded the Army Distinguished

was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal "for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States

Footnote: Clare Elson Wattam was born on March 18

the interior is fleece-lined

lacquered in black on the upper

36 mm x 73

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross, C.1900 Auction was awarded the Army Distinguished(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Alphonso XIII's issue. Of high quality manufacture in silver gilt, an enameled white four armed cross with finely faceted edges, surmounted by a period Spanish royal crown also in silver gilt, the obverse centre exhibiting a superimposed riding figure of St. Hermenegildo in gilt, with an enameled light blue background, encircled by an enameled deep blue ring