Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 United Republic of (Schirmmütze für Offiziere der Feuerschutzpolizei)

(Schirmmütze für Offiziere der Feuerschutzpolizei)

17 March 1945)

light foxing and ink on the reverse showing remnants of a handprint

Footnote: Inspired by the scouts from Great Britain

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 United Republic of (Schirmmütze für Offiziere der Feuerschutzpolizei)(Medalla Militar). Instituted in 1918 by Alfonso XIII of Spain. A solid silver medal, the obverse medallion presents a fight facing female figure holding a wreath, with the sun setting in the left background and a shield with a lion face on the on the right, the medallion is surrounded by a silver wreath with a rampant lion on each side, a small banner at 6 oclock reads AL MERITO EN CAMPANA, the reverse presents the Spanish coat of arms overlaid on an