Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was awarded the Military

He was awarded the Military Cross

silver finish mostly gone

which is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity

obverse centre exhibiting beautiful glass cabochon in red color

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was awarded the Military(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