Spain, Spanish State. Spanish War Cross Star and A Blue Division Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac page 11328

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Footnote: The Farm Service Corps (“Farmerettes”) was created in response to the labour shortage during the First World War and was an initiative of the Ontario government

with most of its original silver finish worn off due to age and wear

Baron Manfred von Richthofen was promoted to command JG I

Spain, Spanish State. Spanish War Cross Star and A Blue Division Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac page 113281. (Al Merito en Campana). Instituted in 1938. Eight pointed star in silver with blue, white, and red enamel pieces, centrepiece shows the symbols of Leon and Castile surrounded by ring in blue enamel with the inscription AL MRITO EN CAMPAA, vertical pinback, 61. 7 mm, extremely fine condition. Footnote: The War Cross was instituted in 1938 and awarded in recognition of battlefield bravery. 2. Instituted in 1944. In bronze, obverse shows German Army