Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross, C.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Of the highest quality in

Of the highest quality in gold and well executed black enamels

Stapf has been recommended for the award one time before

with unusual replacement wreath suspension in place of the star and crescent

He became a hero for German national socialist as the defender of Germany’s freedom and independence

bright patina

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross, C.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Of the highest quality in(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Instituted 1814 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Alphonso XIII's issue. Of high quality manufacture in silver gilt, an enameled white four armed cross with finely faceted edges, surmounted by a period Spanish royal crown also in silver gilt, the obverse centre exhibiting a superimposed riding figure of St. Hermenegildo in gilt, with an enameled light blue background, encircled by an enameled deep blue ring