Spain, Kingdom. An Attributed Order Of Aeronautical Merit With White Distinction, I Class Star, C.1965 Archive 06 mm (w) x 48

06 mm (w) x 48

affixed to a convex aluminum base

Footnote: After the Fall of France

from October 22

the helmet with its original pins holding the frame but all three pins are loose

Spain, Kingdom. An Attributed Order Of Aeronautical Merit With White Distinction, I Class Star, C.1965 Archive 06 mm (w) x 48(Orden del Mrito Aeronutico). Instituted in 1945. Attributed to Lieutenant Colonel D. Carlos Baron Maldonado. In bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with five dual faceted rays, unmarked, measuring 70. 8 mm (w) x 69. 8 mm (h), ornate vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, some residue on the white enamelled arms at 9 and 12 o'clock, the enamels themselves intact, near extremely