It was awarded for participation in or support of the invasion of China on July 7
Footnote: Believed that the Order of Dannebrog was instituted by King Christian V in 1671 as a revival of an alleged older order instituted by King Valdemar Sejr in 1219
Footnote: The Kuban Shield was a German Second War decoration awarded to those who fought at the Kuban bridgehead in the Soviet Union
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scattered gilt wear and surface rust
Spain, Kingdom. An Attributed Order Of Aeronautical Merit With White Distinction, I Class Star, C.1965 Buy Now It was awarded for participation(Orden del Mrito Aeronutico). Instituted in 1945. Attributed to Lieutenant Colonel D. Carlos Baron Maldonado. In bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, each star point with five dual faceted rays, unmarked, measuring 70. 8 mm (w) x 69. 8 mm (h), ornate vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, some residue on the white enamelled arms at 9 and 12 o'clock, the enamels themselves intact, near extremely