Spain, Spanish State. A Spanish War Cross Breast Star, Red Lion Variant, c. 1940 visually-hidden after it was re-organized following

after it was re-organized following the restructuring of the Republican Armed Forces in September 1936

bearing a central date of “1932” (the founding of the Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Földmunkás és Munkáspárt or Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers’ and Workers’ Party)

stationed in the Mediterranean

used to secure the shoulder strap

without pension

Spain, Spanish State. A Spanish War Cross Breast Star, Red Lion Variant, c. 1940 visually-hidden after it was re-organized followingConstructed of a silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a vaulted eight pointed star, overlaid by a gilded cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, overlaid by a central enameled medallion bearing the coat of arms of Castile and Len, with the lions executed in red enamel, within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt