Spain, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Commander By Number’s Star, C.1870 Newly Listed European Theater of Operations

European Theater of Operations

fabricated from thick olive green wool

light contact on the pommel

the photograph measuring 78 mm x 110 mm

1939) serving throughout the war

Spain, Kingdom. A Miniature Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Commander By Number’s Star, C.1870 Newly Listed European Theater of Operations(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII. Queen Isabellas reign issue. Of fine quality manufacture, a miniature consisting of a ball tipped Maltese Cross in bronze gilt, featuring sets of three silvered rays in each quadrant, obverse exhibiting a figure of St. Hermenegildo riding a horse on a dark blue enameled background, surrounded by the inscription CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Military Constancy), encircled by a