Spain, Fascist State. An Agricultural Order Of Merit, Grand Cross Star, C.1945 Hold on an azure blue rayon

on an azure blue rayon field

Louis Edward Padgett was born at Tottenham

constructed of a small machine embroidered banner suspended from a horizontal crossbar with a vertical needle pin

with superposed blue-enamelled anchor in silver gilt

containing 116 pages printed in black ink on a white paper stock

Spain, Fascist State. An Agricultural Order Of Merit, Grand Cross Star, C.1945 Hold on an azure blue rayon(Orden al Mrito Agrcola). Instituted on December 1, 1905 by King Alfonso XIII. Type I. A Grand Cross Breast Star, in silver, an eight arm star of smooth green enamelled rays, the obverse medallion features a silver disc of a woman plowing a field, encircled by a white enamel ring inscribed MERITO AGRICOLA again surrounded by a decorating ring of agricultural symbols with a Spanish crown at 12 oclock and a coat of arms at 6 oclock, the reverse presents