SPAIN: Order of Military Merit - Cross of 1st Class,
with Red Distinction (war time award 1938 - 1943.
Italian made example with fixed crown.
On the obverse the heraldic symbols of Castile
and Leon - unfortunately the obverse central
medallion is missing.
In the center the symbol of Granada. On the
reverse the initials (MM) for Military Merit.
The Order was created by Queen Isabel II in 1864.
This version of the medal was awarded by the
regime of General Franco (1938 - 1975) either to
the Nationalist Forces of the Spanish Civil War
(1936 - 1939) or to the Spanish Blue Legion that
served with the Axis forces in the WW2 Campaign
against the Soviet Union.
FULL SIZE
Spanish Civil War 1936 1939 - WW2 1940 1945
Item 100% original - original ribbon
Condition as on the photos: the obverse central
medallion is missing
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