Spain, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Cross For Defenders Of Gerona In Gold, Officer Cross, C.1816 Hold maker marked but mostly illegible

maker marked but mostly illegible

The embedded finely-detailed aluminum eagle shows well

otherwise very fine and possibly unique

aluminum buckles and sliders with a repeating oak leaf motif

he stated that "In the event of my death

Spain, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Cross For Defenders Of Gerona In Gold, Officer Cross, C.1816 Hold maker marked but mostly illegible(Distincin Gerona). Instituted 1810. Napoleonic War Period. A Gold red enamelled Maltese Cross with delicate typical Spanish ball finials, featuring detailed Gold castles in each quadrant, suspending by a green enamelled laurel wreath in Gold, a obverse centre in Gold with white enamels exhibiting a superposed Gold figure of Saint Narcissus surrounded by the inscription Del Sitio de Gerona de 1809 (Siege of Gerona in 1809), reverse centre in Gold with