Spain, Franco Period. A Military Merit Medal, C.1936 Auction The cover is in an

The cover is in an overall very fine condition

measuring 70 mm (w) x 70 m (l) x 20 mm (h)

due to mounting I believe

crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension

Spain, Franco Period. A Military Merit Medal, C.1936 Auction The cover is in an(Medalla Militar). Instituted in 1918 by Alfonso XIII of Spain. A solid silver medal of period manufacture, 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