Spain, Facist State. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Grand Cross Breast Star With White Distinction Archive a small board

a small board

A Croatian Order of King Zvonimir's Crown with Swords

with cut strands of barbed wire below

with silvered bronze buckles

and with dark green Army waffenfarbe underlay

Spain, Facist State. An Order Of Military Merit, I Class Grand Cross Breast Star With White Distinction Archive a small board(Orden del Mrito Militar). Instituted in 1864. Multi piece construction, insignia in silver gilt with red, white and blue enamels, the white cross indicative of peacetime merit, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with five dual faceted rays, measuring 69. 5 mm (w) x 69. 2 mm (h), vertical pinback bearing an ornate design flanked by dual stays, intact enamels, the tip of the central dual faceted ray at 10 and 12 o'clock