Spain, Franco Period. A War Cross Breast Star, C. 1940 Hold inside lid is white satin

inside lid is white satin and maker marked "TANFANI & BERTARELLI

Hessen: War Honour Decoration (bronze

that his trade was that of Carpenter and that he had a Heart Ailment but that his condition was Satisfactory

He would remain in Argentina for the remainder of the war and then some

the Battalion was ordered to billet at Croix Blanche

Spain, Franco Period. A War Cross Breast Star, C. 1940 Hold inside lid is white satin(Cruz de Guerra). Instituted 1938. Franco Period. Type I (1938 1942). An eight pointed silver star, with superposed obverse centre medallion in bronze gilt depicting a red, white and blue enamelled Spanish coat of arms, with blue enamelled border depicting the inscription Al Mrito en Campaa (To Merit in Campaign), surrounded a cross with expand arms into three points, silver gilt cross with crossed swords and a laurel wreath, reverse with pin assembly