Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Cisneros In Gold & Diamonds, Knight Cross, C.1950 Archive a group of workers met

a group of workers met in a series of conferences and decided to use their influence to secure the employment of American born workers and make purchases from Americans

reverse engraved to Willibald Fritsch

securing in place a red felt interior liner and partially-intact brown leather sweatband

5 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

a Hungarian badge

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Cisneros In Gold & Diamonds, Knight Cross, C.1950 Archive a group of workers met(Orden de Cisneros). Instituted in 1944 by General Francisco Franco. Issued 1944 1975. Likely French manufacture, an exquisite and highly scarce ball tipped Maltese Cross in Gold, the ball finials embellishing by genuine brilliant cut Diamonds on each arm, with non genuine rubies illustrating the insignias red arms, featuring delicate Gold crossed arrows in each quadrant, the obverse displaying a highly performance hand painted Spanish eagle in black