Spain, Fascist State. A Cross Of Aeronautical Merit With Red Distinction, Ii Class Star, C.1950 Auction The original chinstrap connectors and

The original chinstrap connectors and leather chinstrap with buckles remains intact

He was a resident of Johannesburg when he signed his Union Defence Force Attestation Paper as a Private

The engine plowed through the hull-plating into a 'tween decks crowded with troops and thence into the lower hold

Otto Placzek

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Spain, Fascist State. A Cross Of Aeronautical Merit With Red Distinction, Ii Class Star, C.1950 Auction The original chinstrap connectors andSpain; Franco Period; (1938 1975 Issue) In bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamelled insignias, mounted a silvered bronze eight pointed star base, unmarked, 62. 8 mm x 62. 5 mm, vertical pinback flanked by dual prongs, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross of Aeronautical Merit was instituted in 1949, to reward contributions to Spanish aviation and may be awarded to both military and civilians, and to Spanish and foreign citizens.