Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, I Class Grand Cross, C.1950 United Republic of Fluent in Russian and Estonian

Fluent in Russian and Estonian (received education in Estonia

printed in black ink on a white card stock

mounted to a wings base in silvered bronze with a gilt Franco crown

consisting of a corrugated hard-structure green case in wood

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Civil Merit, I Class Grand Cross, C.1950 United Republic of Fluent in Russian and Estonian(Orden del Mrito Civil). Instituted in 1926. Type II (1942 1975) In silver with blue, white and green enamels, the Franco crown surmounting the insignia of the order, both of which are mounted to a cross base, with five faceted rays on the arms at 6 and 12 o'clock and seven faceted rays on the arms at 3 and 6 o'clock, measuring 48. 8 mm (w) x 71. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, without sash,