Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of The Cross Of St. Raymond Of Peñafort, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 Archive (Infanterie-Offizier-Schwert M1889)

(Infanterie-Offizier-Schwert M1889)

This set up the Volunteer Naval Reserve class V-5 Naval Aviation Cadet (NavCad) program to send civilian and enlisted candidates to train as aviation cadets

the spoon is quite heavy and is 254 mm long and 23 mm wide at its widest spot

measuring 125 mm (w) x 140 mm (h)

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of The Cross Of St. Raymond Of Peñafort, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 Archive (Infanterie-Offizier-Schwert M1889)(Orden de la Cruz de San Raimundo de Peafort). Instituted 1944 by General Francisco Franco. 1944 present issue. A ball tipped enameled white Maltese Cross in silvered bronze, featuring the inscription S RAYMUNDUS PENNAFORTI (St. Raymond of Peafort) on the 12 oclock and 6 oclock arms, surrounded by a crossed laces in each quadrant also in silvered bronze, obverse depicting an enameled red, blue, yellow, and orange figure of St. Peafort, with beneath