Spain, Spanish State. An Agricultural Order of Merit, Grand Cross Star, in Gold Auction Archive arriving in France on August

arriving in France on August 11th

with the officers and men being "scattered in every direction"

stamped “Fritz Mayer M

29 mm (w) x 39

shadow box-style

Spain, Spanish State. An Agricultural Order of Merit, Grand Cross Star, in Gold Auction Archive arriving in France on August(Orden al Mrito Agrcola). Instituted on December 1, 1905 by King Alfonso XIII. Type I. A Grand Cross Breast Star, a silver gilt base with green enamelled arms, with an 18K Gold medallion with central silver disc depicting a woman plowing, encircled by a white ring inscribed MERIOT AGRICOLA, with gold and red green enamelled agricultural symbols around the exterior, with a central Spanish shield, the reverse presents a carved vertical pin flanked by