Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature Order Of Health, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 Auction Archive without chips or cracks to

without chips or cracks to the enamels

he is recognised as a Commodore of a wing

illustrating an officer wearing a sash and seated upon the arm of a chair

with commemorative swords

sterling silver with a gold-coloured gilt

Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature Order Of Health, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 Auction Archive without chips or cracks to(Orden Civil de Sanidad). Instituted 1943 by General Francisco Franco. Francos period issue. In silver gilt, a ball tipped enameled white Maltese Cross, featuring beaded gilt field in each quadrant, with central medallion depicting an enameled red time of period Spanish coat of arms, surrounded by the engraved inscription AL MERITO SANITARIO (To Sanitary Merit), reverse with buttonhole for attachment, measuring 21. 39 (w) x 21. 25 mm (h), presenting