Order of San Hermenegildo

[Noor]

Hi all,

 

Picked up this. Like I understand it's an  Order of San Hermenegildo but can some confirm how common it is and from what period. I assume 1930-1970s?

 

Thanks for your opinion

TT

[Antonio Prieto]

This is the Cross of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo, with this crown for the period approximately 1938-1951... but that rear cap doesn't match, as it bears the cypher of its founder, King Ferdinand VII in 1814.

It looks to me like a Danish crown or something similar, not a Spanish one.

This this the actual cross

https://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/medallas/texto/rmosh.htm

 

[Noor]

Thank you for your answer! That's odd now because seems to me that the crown haven't been played around.

 

Anyhow, thank you!

[Noor]

two more pictures if any help

 

By the way, same crown can be seen here: medalla cruz de san hermenegildo epoca de alfo - Buy Antique Spanish military medals on todocoleccion

Edited Thursday at 22:18 by Noor

[Antonio Prieto]

Yes, the crown over the arm of the cross, among other aspects, is what can identify the period of the piece at first glance.
- Royal crown on pieces from the monarchical periods
- Mural crown from the period of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939).
- So-called imperial crown, open royal crown, in parts from the period of the Spanish State 1938-1951

But I repeat, this rear cap does not correspond in any case to this cross

[Noor]

Odd piece so. Can it be a foreign made/restored award?

Was the order issued to foreign officers as well?

 

Many thanks again for your input on this.

Edited Friday at 18:13 by Noor

[Antonio Prieto]

No, this order is only to reward officers since 1814 of the Spanish armies for their impeccable conduct and constancy in service (25 years). NCO's since 1994. I imagine, like the photo in the other piece in the link, that it has lost its rear cap and they replaced it with this one, which has nothing to do with it.

Plate of 1864

 

Republican type. No royal attributes