Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit, German Made, c.1930 Newly Listed as a token of friendship

as a token of friendship

Footnote: Norman Dennis Hayes was born in 1921

(Luftwaffe Barometer)

This tail prevented the smock from riding over the head of the wearer when parachuting and could be undone upon landing

measuring 101 mm x 93 mm

Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Military Merit, German Made, c.1930 Newly Listed as a token of friendshipOrder of Military Merit, Type I, III Class Breast Star (White Distinction). Of typical German manufacture, in silver and enamels, featuring a white enamel cross with Spanish insignia in the central medallion, a silver gilt bar and crown on the 12 oclock arm, with alternating lions and castilles in each quadrant, the reverse features a vertical pin, measures 59. 85 mm (w) x 60. 41 mm (h), enamels intact, several rays bent, hairline cracks in enamels,