Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Auction along with a secondary code

along with a secondary code of “17143”

in order to see if it is a pre-1950 badge (often

Gold Grade - cut out version

dated 2 January 1942

Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Auction along with a secondary code(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3rd, 1864. (c. 1940 issue). Type VI. An eight pointed gilded bronze multi faceted star with a large white enameled gilded Greek Cross with silvered rampant lions and castle towers in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central enameled the obverse with a central emblem bearing the coat of arms of Castile, Len, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, topped by a gilt bar to bear the date