Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Cross, By B. Castells, C.1915 GTRexclude a total of eight months

a total of eight months

5 mm in length x 22 mm deep

measuring approximately 214 mm x 43 mm

where for many days the crew were employed in burying the cable to Scotland in the frozen and rocky ground

Japanese writing is embroidered in purple thread above the metal hook possibly indicating maker or owner of the trousers

Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Cross, By B. Castells, C.1915 GTRexclude a total of eight months(Orden al Mrito Militar). Instituted 1864 by Queen Isabel II of Spain. Alfonso XIII (1902 1931) issue. Type I. White Division. An eight pointed star consisting of delicate cut silver rays, with obverse centre featuring an enameled white cross of four equal arms in bronze gilt, alternating bronze gilded lions and castles in each quadrant, with superposed enameled white, blue and red typical of time period Spanish coat of arms also in bronze gilt, 12