Spain, Francoist State. An Order Of Isabella The Catholic, Breast Star, C.1950 Newly Listed numbered "247"

numbered "247"

Both come attached to a suspension with a buttonhole attachment

to Native Chiefs who exhibited their loyalty to the government during the 1885 Riel Rebellion

from October 8 to December 8

with a black maker stamp (illegible) and size stamp “54” on one of the sides

Spain, Francoist State. An Order Of Isabella The Catholic, Breast Star, C.1950 Newly Listed numbered "247"(Orden de Isabel la Catlica, Caballero). Instituted in 1815. Type IV (Franco Era, 1938 1975). In bronze gilt with red, white, blue, yellow, brown and green enamels, cypher "FY" (Francisco Franco) on the wreath of the centrepiece, measuring 81. 5 mm (w) x 83. 3 mm (h), ornate vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, intact enamels, spotting evident on the obverse, light contact on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Isabella the