Spain, Kingdom. A Royal & Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, By S. Garcia, C.1868 Auction in a mixed (grain and

in a mixed (grain and stock) Manitoba farm

published in Munich about 1932

but it continued to be awarded in some Crown Dependencies until 1930

marked with “1” on reverse indicating manufacturer Deschler & Söhn

it killed only one and slightly wounded another

Spain, Kingdom. A Royal & Military Order Of St. Ferdinand, Officer’s Star, By S. Garcia, C.1868 Auction in a mixed (grain and(Orden Real y Militar de San Fernando). Instituted in 1811 by King Ferdinand VII. Isabel II (1833 1868) issue. Of early Spanish manufacture, a silver Maltese cross with separately overlaid Gold ball finials, obverse centre applique in Gold, consisting of a superposed enameled red swords united by the hilts with an enameled white background, surrounded by an enameled blue border inscribed AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit), reverse with flat pin