Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Isabella The Catholic, By Medina, I Class Knight, C.1950 Archive Canadian Engineers in the field

Canadian Engineers in the field on September 29th

only 550 of the 900 plus who sailed from Taiwan were still alive

all of the records of the Order vanished and the group entered a period of dormancy

with elongated suspension loop also in a wattle pattern

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Isabella The Catholic, By Medina, I Class Knight, C.1950 Archive Canadian Engineers in the field(Orden de Isabel la Catlica). Instituted 1815 by King Ferdinand VII. 1938 1950 Issue. A ball tipped enameled red Maltese Cross in silver gilt, embellishing by multiple gilded rays in each quadrant, the obverse exhibiting a finely hand painted central medallion, encircled by an enameled white border inscribed A LA LEALTAD ACRISOLADA (For the Unadulterated Loyalty), the reverse depicting the cypher of Ferdinand VII on a blue enameled background,