Spain, Franco’s Period. A Civil Order Of Alfonso X The Wise, Commander With Gold And Diamond Loop, C. 1950 Auction one eight-ribbon Ribbon Bars

one eight-ribbon Ribbon Bars

just above the lower cross guard

authorized for uniformed service personnel assigned to the staff of the President of the United States

In Knights' insignia the cross is surmounted by a military trophy (Men's)

Spain, Franco’s Period. A Civil Order Of Alfonso X The Wise, Commander With Gold And Diamond Loop, C. 1950 Auction one eight-ribbon Ribbon Bars(Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio). Instituted 1939 by General Francisco Franco. 1939 present issue. In silver gilt, a red enamelled four armed Shamrock Cross, the obverse centre featuring an enamelled blue medallion with a superposed handmade figure of Alfonso X the Wise, surrounded by the inscription ALFONSO X EL SABIO REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON (Alphonso X the Wise, King of Castile and Leon), reverse depicting engraved typical of time period Spanish