Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Newly Listed keenness and devotion to duty

keenness and devotion to duty and does not spare himself in directing

showing a lighthouse and the bow of a ship with two people

He advanced to the rank of Flying Officer

Of extremely high quality in gold and beautifully executed blue enamels

to fix the bridge onto a tank which was then driven into the river

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, C.1880 Newly Listed keenness and devotion to duty(Orden Militar de San Fernando). Instituted 1811 by General Courts of Cadiz; approved 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Type II. Alfonso XII issue. An exceptional pierced Maltese Cross with ball finials in silver, obverse medallion in Gold featuring four superposed enameled red swords connected by the hilts, on an enameled white background, surrounded by elegant enameled blue border with the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit),