Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Cisneros, Grand Cross Breast Star, C.1940 Newly Listed This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 500 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

A Military Merit Cross of the Congo

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56 Operational Training Unit from November 18

Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Cisneros, Grand Cross Breast Star, C.1940 Newly Listed This particular buckle is illustrated(Orden de Cisneros). Instituted March 8, 1944 by General Francisco Franco. A silver gilt and red enamelled Maltese cross with large ball finials, five silver arrows in each quadrant, the obverse medallion features a black enamelled bird with a yellow sun behind its head, the reverse presents a decorative vertical pin flanked by dual stays, measures 78. 2mm (w) x 78. 3mm (h), weighs 67. 4 grams, enamels intact, gilt intact, remains in very fine