Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Penitentiary Social Merit, Distinguished Gold Cross With Collar, C.1945 Auction Archive Goose Bay Defences

Goose Bay Defences

A First War 14th Infantry Battalion "Royal Montreal Regiment" Cap Badge - Blackened browning copper

a 1932 Bavarian 2nd Infantry Regiment 250th anniversary medal

the arms bearing an inscription of “MARINE-KORPS 1914/18”

the reverse with a vertical pin

Spain, Fascist State. An Order Of Penitentiary Social Merit, Distinguished Gold Cross With Collar, C.1945 Auction Archive Goose Bay Defences(Orden del Merito Social Penitenciario). Instituted May 1 1944 by Francisco Franco. In silver gilt, the decoration consists of an eight point star with clusters of smooth rays, the obverse bears a large superimposed blue enamelled cross, with the central medallion presenting the Virgin of Mercy in enamels, surrounded by a dark blue ring inscribed MATER CAPTIVORUM (Mother of Captives), the reverse is plain with two rivets at 12 and 6 oclock, the badge