A 1914 Iron Cross presentation set
as part of the McGill University Company
A three-piece construction badge of silvered bronze
measuring 73 mm (w) x 101 mm (h)
Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China
Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, Lapel Badge In Gold And Diamonds certificate_of_authenticity A 1914 Iron Cross presentation(Orden Del Merito Civil). Instituted June 25 1926 by King Alfonso XII. Franco Era (1938 1975). A beautiful lapel badge in 18K Gold, presenting a four point star in Gold with the silver central ray of the 3, 6 and 9 oclock arm presenting three small diamonds and the 12 oclock presenting one diamond, the blue enamelled Saltire Cross, the central medallion features the AL MERITO CIVIL, surmounted by an imperial crown and a green enamelled wreath, the