Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of Naval Merit, I Class With White Distinction, C.1920 certificate_of_authenticity and Grand Cross Breast Star:

and Grand Cross Breast Star: three-piece construction

silver with gold lettering with a dark red wool base visible in the voided areas

30 that night U-48 was motoring along the surface heading for the Straits when apparently Buch (her commanding officer) lost his navigational way

Was our first great victory A send off from the Great Reich In this Holy War   So we were on the second day In Russia’s wide expanse The first battle fought The SS Panzers fight on

Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of Naval Merit, I Class With White Distinction, C.1920 certificate_of_authenticity and Grand Cross Breast Star:Orden del Mrito Naval. Instituted in 1866. 1875 1931 Issue. Two piece construction, in silvered bronze with blue and white enamels, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 63. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, wear spot on the silvered band above the cross exposing the underlying bronze base, original ribbon suspended from a traditional Spanish style horizontal hanger with pinback, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Naval Merit was