Spain, Facsist State. A War Cross, Breast Star, C.1940 Newly Listed Feb 2 to 25

Feb 2 to 25

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "DELEGATE")

with dark red trim along all four sides of the tab

Constructed of grey-painted magnetic metal

The Cross resembles somewhat the Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra) and is often referred to as the "Croce al Merito di Guerra per le Operazioni Militari in Spagna" (Cross for War Merit for the Military Operations in Spain)

Spain, Facsist State. A War Cross, Breast Star, C.1940 Newly Listed Feb 2 to 25(Cruz de Guerra). Instituted in 1938. Type I, Insignia in silver gilt with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with five pairs of faceted rays, with a single pair of faceted rays between each star point, unmarked, the type I breast star issued between 1938 and 1942, measuring 61. 3 mm (w) x 60. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, fine chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring, otherwise