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I forget to say that my birthday was 02/28/1955, so, the same day, next year...

Happy birthday, I´m just behind in age (57), but very much in your diverse and colourful life...My god I could be a snail in respect to your mobillty, here in Spain!!! Congartulations for the badge design...Looks very beautiful (and pretty "oldie")

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I´ve see this group on sell...I don´t know where the price will go in the end...but it looks impressive!!! If this is a "Kosher group" What do you think gents?? Thanks

More pics. Enjoy!! Happy New year 2010!! Miguel

The other day a friend of mine, antiquary, came across of a lot of items appertaining to a family of long-tradition military. And ask me on some of the pieces that he find A lot more are in the Boxes...Photographic documents, Spanish decorations, Spanish General full dress or shash -or belt-) After WW2 This man become Full general in the Spanish Army. I supose that the original award documents will come to the light too... The more eye-catching is this Order of the German eagle in gold, neck decoration, first class, i think. In their original box. The order condition is Mint.

This is another exemplar... It looks good enough, but one never knows... Thanks Guys Regards Miguel

Thanks to all of you Regards Miguel

I cam cross this Bravery medal, some what shabby, but not the ribbon (replacrement), and with a low number...2529 (to what date could correspond this...?) Some in the general aspect had make me suspicious.... Evidentltly the nut is not original, or not bears any inscription on it. Well, Gents, what do you think. Have a Happy and, better that past year, 2010... Regards Miguel

Thanks to all of you Miguel

Thanks, I´ve Understand... Regards Miguel

A "bit" expensive, but, yes, this is the bar I´m seeing... thanks Miguel

Aw!! Fully understand now...Thanks gents!!! Have merry christmas!!! Miguel By the way, The RAO is always a civil decoration, or it could be w/s and be a war decoration???

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Hello gents...!! I came across this good looking Imperial german bar but I don´t understant why the war aid cross takes precendence on the red eagle ordr... Can somebody explain this to me?? thanks to all beforehand I wish you Mery christmas and a better 2010 (A Space odissey -part two-) Regards Miguel

Guerras carlistas...The Carlist Wars in Spain were the last major European civil wars in which pretenders fought to establish their claim to a throne. Several times during the period from 1833 to 1876 the Carlists followers of Infante Carlos (later Carlos V) and his descendants rallied to the cry of "God, Country, and King" and fought for the cause of Spanish tradition (Legitimism and Catholicism) against the liberalism, and later the republicanism, of the Spanish governments of the day. When Ferdinand VII of Spain died in 1833, his fourth wife Maria Cristina became Queen regent on behalf of their infant daughter Isabella II. This splintered the country into two factions known as the Cristinos (or Isabelinos) and the Carlists. The Cristinos were the supporters of the Queen Regent and her government. The Carlists were the supporters of Carlos V, a pretender to the throne and brother of the deceased Ferdinand VII, who denied the validity of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1830 that abolished the semi Salic Law (he was born before 1830). The First Carlist War (1833-1839)lasted over seven years and the fighting spanned most of the country at one time or another, although the main conflict centered on the Carlist homelands of the Basque Country and Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia. The Second Carlist War was a minor Catalonian uprising lasting two years from 1846 to 1849. The rebels tried to install Carlos VI on the throne. In Galicia, the uprising was put down by General Ramón María Narváez. The Third Carlist War (1872-1876)began in the aftermath of the deposition of one ruling monarch and abdication of another. Queen Isabella II was overthrown by a conspiracy of liberal generals in 1868, and left Spain in some disgrace. The Cortes (Parliament) replaced her with Amadeo, the Duke of Aosta (and second son of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy). Then, when the Spanish elections of 1872 resulted in government violence against Carlist candidates and a swing away from Carlism, the Carlist pretender, Carlos VII, decided that only force of arms could win him the throne. The Third Carlist War began. It lasted until 1876. SO, I must make some reseach work...colonial activity was evident in the last spanish possesions (Cuba, Philipinnes, Puertorico, etc...), so too in North africa (I´ve a africa medals dated 1860, but this was the queen Isabel II... I don´ñ t forget you, don´t worry. Regards from Spain... Miguel I had some esplendid pics i´ve finded in a carlist blog in Spain... The bar is of an Officer...but you can see a Beneficiencia order...5 from the left. The medal of distinction of Alfonso XII was instituted in 1874...¿?¿?and in 1876 the other similar medal... Hope this can be of some help...

Medal of distinction of Alfonso XII goes from 190 to 90€€ depending on the use, ribbon, and bars...this pictured is item nr:16081415 at the same site I hope that you can find something... Regards miguel

Very interesting history...and very documented as well...If you need some help to translate something from spanish to english, you can send me any paper you want...I´ll try my best...The Orden of the beneficiencia (Order or mercy) is not difficult to find but it´s a littel expensive..., as is the Alfonso XII medal you depicted, but I think that this medal is mainly to "Loyal" trops enged against the carlistas in the spanist Carlist civil war.(1873-75) I´m find a very similar the one you want at a auction (ebay -like) spanish site named: www.todocoleccion.net item nr:13619645 180€, breast star is more expensive 650€ item nr:15959520

Thanks gents... :rolleyes:

What´s the clue you have to know this???? Thanks Miguel

hello Gents!! I came across this group. What´s your opinion, please??? Thanks Miguel

I´m speaking of the Spanish civil war period...so: 1936-1939. After the end of the war (april 1939), all the "Provisionales" are supposedly been licensed... The "alféreces provisionales",are "de facto" section leaders, and, for war merits, could attaint the grade of lieutenant for "combat merits". For all this the "Provisionales" always commanded from the first line in close combat and in assaults of ennemy positions and they are the first to fall dead...(In the civil war a saying was: "alférez de complemento, cadáver al momento",-acting sublieutennant, instant corpse- or "alférez provisional, cadáver efectivo". - -acting subliutenent efective corpse- It was saying that the life of a "Alferez provisional" was of 16 minutes...(an exageration, of course) Add: The "Alferez" grade (from the Arab: الفارس al-fāris, "the knight" -el caballero- o " The rider" -"el jinete"- ) is the junior military grade in some countries I´ve attached the image of an Alferez de complemento: