Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Archive The accompanying scabbard is engraved

The accompanying scabbard is engraved in the centre on both sides

he was attached to the 4th Field Ambulance for instruction from August 17th to 19th

with a height of 105 mm

nearly extremely fine

some oxidation and loss of finish to the shield

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Archive The accompanying scabbard is engraved(Medalla Militar). Instituted in 1918 by Alfonso XIII of Spain. A solid silver medal, the obverse medallion presents a fight facing female figure holding a wreath, with the sun setting in the left background and a shield with a lion face on the on the right, the medallion is surrounded by a silver wreath with a rampant lion on each side, a small banner at 6 oclock reads AL MERITO EN CAMPANA, the reverse presents the Spanish coat of arms overlaid on an