Spain, Franco Period. A Royal And Military Order Of St. Hermenegild, Commander’s Star, C.1950 Auction 21 mm x 76

21 mm x 76

two of the soldiers in the front row holding their hats on their laps

the fourth is a photograph of three men in SS uniforms with a woman

inscribed in Latin "ADORATIO IMITATIO EXPIATIO AMOR"

Spain, Franco Period. A Royal And Military Order Of St. Hermenegild, Commander’s Star, C.1950 Auction 21 mm x 76(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Instituted in 1814 by King Ferdinand VII after the end of the Peninsular War. Issued 1945 1975. A beaded Maltese Cross with ball finials in bronze gilt, featuring clusters of five beaded rays in each quadrant in silvered bronze, the obverse showing a superposed gilded figure of St. Hermenegild on a light blue enamelling background, surrounded by the inscription PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Award for