Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Archive but with a different service

but with a different service number (74752)

some oxidation and loss of finish to the shield

The accompanying scabbard is engraved in the centre on both sides

1876-1910 Issue

nearly extremely fine

Spain, Fascist State. A Military Merit Medal, c.1940 Archive but with a different service(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