Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature Order Of Naval Merit, White Distinction, I Class Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive 15TH COY 5TH IMPL:YEO

15TH COY 5TH IMPL:YEO

from Los Angeles

illustrating an American eagle held in a bamboo forest prison surrounded by the inscriptions "MISSING WHILE SERVING IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA" and "POW MIA"

the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Trans-Africa Ferry Route

Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature Order Of Naval Merit, White Distinction, I Class Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive 15TH COY 5TH IMPL:YEO(Orden al Mrito Naval). Instituted 1866 by Queen Isabella II. Francos government issue. An example of a miniature badge of the order in silver, consisting of an enameled white Latin Cross, surmounting by a gilt Imperial crown with a beneath clasp on the 12 o'clock arm, obverse with a detailed blue enameled anchor, the reverse with buttonhole for attachment, marked by unidentifiable maker's mark, measuring 11. 18 (w) x 17. 99 mm (h), presenting minor