Spain, Franco Period. A War Cross, I. Class Breast Star, Type III, c. 1940 Newly Listed With a research team that

With a research team that included long-time employees Frank Shimada and Eina Clark

the outer edge of which is trimmed in red enamels with a black swastika in the centre

incorporating a four-piece construction

arms alternating double diamond beaded rays with fine

consisting of a four armed cross surmounting by a bow inscribed SITIOS DE ASTORGA (Sieges of Astorga)

Spain, Franco Period. A War Cross, I. Class Breast Star, Type III, c. 1940 Newly Listed With a research team that(Cruz de Guerra). Instituted January 30th, 1890. (c. 1940). An eight pointed silvered bronze star with multi faceted surfaces, the obverse with a Toulouse Cross featuring a gilded laurel wreath and four crossed swords between the arms of the cross, bearing a central medallion with the Coat of Arms of Castile, Lene, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, constructed of red and white enameled quadrants, with the white quadrants bearing gilded rampant lions and