Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20th November 2019
Lot 219
Spain: Cross for the Volunteers of Liberty
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £500
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Description
Spain: Cross for the Volunteers of Liberty, 1868-71, gilt and enamels, 37.9 mm, the arms formed as sword blades against a wreath, nearly extremely fine;and another example of this award in bronze and enamels, good very fine. [2]
Issued in the reign of Amadeo I for members of the voluntary constitutionalist security forces originally formed under his predecessor Isabel II.