Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross Star, C.1900 United Republic of I deeply regret the very

I deeply regret the very heavy casualties they have suffered

including a postcard presenting a black-and-white photograph of a group of sailors aboard the light cruiser Emden

bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum flatwire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the one o’clock arm features a winged wheel emblem used by the railway and the letters “R

Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross Star, C.1900 United Republic of I deeply regret the very(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Established by King Ferdinand VII of Spain on November 28, 1814. An outstanding ball tipped pierced Maltese cross in silver gilt, embellished by cluster of five beaded rays in each quadrant in silver, the obverse featuring a superimposed gilded figure of St. Hermenegildo riding a horse, with an enameled dark blue background, encircled by an enameled white border inscribed PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR