Spanish War Cross - Breast Star Archive onSeptember 10 1879

onSeptember 10 1879

The body of the shako has an extruding

a sliver out of the wood to the left of the insignia where it butts the upper crossguard

An Iron Cross 2nd Class Award Document to the 333rd Gren

A/312th West Riding Brigade

Spanish War Cross - Breast Star Archive onSeptember 10 1879Spanish War Cross Breast Star, Three piece construction, in silver and enamels, 61mm, all four arms additionally engraved 15 7 1939, very fine quality, in very fine condition, no chipping to enamels. Footnote: The War Cross was instituted on January 26, 1937 and amended in 1942. It was a direct descendant of the Military Order of Mary Christine (Mara Cristina) created for the Queen Regent in 1890 and intended to reward military bravery.