Spain, Kingdom. A Scarce Neck Collar of the Royal Illustrious and Discreet Noble Chapter of Knights of Mercy, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Second Class set of

A Second Class set of insignia likely manufactured by Godet

1895 in Klein-Spiegelberg (Brandenburg)

lookouts aboard HMS Sheffield noted the presence of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen making their way to the southwest along the ice at a fast rate of speed

with a central medallion depicting a griffin clutching a shield with the number “50”

Spain, Kingdom. A Scarce Neck Collar of the Royal Illustrious and Discreet Noble Chapter of Knights of Mercy, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Second Class set of(Real Ilustre Y Primitivo Captulo Noble de Caballeros de la Merced). Instituted January 10th, 1429. (c. 1900). A scarce and extremely fine jeweller made example of this order, constructed of silver gilt and delicately executed and extremely fine hand painted details, the obverse consisting of a large blood red enamelled shield with two smaller shields superimposed on the badge and separated by a golden spear, the right shield bears a hand painted