Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Province of China maker marked “DESCHLER U

maker marked “DESCHLER U

complemented by nine pages of black and white plates (frontispiece

white-enameled Maltese cross

SMYTH immediately utilized his captives as stretcher bearers thus rendering valuable assistance in getting out the wounded

engraved "GUERRE D'ITALIE" above and date engraved "1859" below

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Province of China maker marked “DESCHLER U(Medalla Militar). Instituted in 1918 by Alfonso XIII of Spain. A solid silver medal, the obverse medallion presents a fight facing female figure holding a wreath, with the sun setting in the left background and a shield with a lion face on the on the right, the medallion is surrounded by a silver wreath with a rampant lion on each side, a small banner at 6 oclock reads AL MERITO EN CAMPANA, the reverse presents the Spanish coat of arms overlaid on an