El Salvador. A Medal For Distinguished Valor To The Loyal Defenders, In Silver, C. 1839 Auction a Maltese cross with white

a Maltese cross with white enamelled arms with ball finials

the cross consisting of a silver cross pattee of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic)

Paul Meybauer of Berlin only began supplying Iron Crosses in 1917

Sebastopol (Staff

weighing 11 grams inclusive of its silver gilt chain

El Salvador. A Medal For Distinguished Valor To The Loyal Defenders, In Silver, C. 1839 Auction a Maltese cross with whiteInstituted May 1839 by Francisco Morazan. A silver medal of the Liberal Regime of Francisco Morazan against Invading Armies from Guatemala and Nicaragua in 1839, the obverse presenting the left facing high relief bust of Francisco Morazan, surrounded by REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR LA PATRIA A SUS LEALES DEFENSORES, the reverse presents the inscription PREMIO AL VALOR DISTINGUIDO inside a wreath, surmounted by a shield suspension presenting a volcano on the