Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 United Republic of 1948 (white embroidered lettering on

1948 (white embroidered lettering on violet felt

17 March 1945)

awarded to Private J

(Schirmmütze für Offiziere der Feuerschutzpolizei)

000 feet where the temperature dropped to -35 degrees

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, C.1940 United Republic of 1948 (white embroidered lettering on(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