Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 United Republic of the central medallion with multicolour

the central medallion with multicolour enamels and military/agricultural insignia

earning him the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps (Cape Colony

" Lewin relinquished his commission in the Reserve in July 1959

measuring 70 mm (w) x 50 mm (h))

on a black wool background with a partially preserved black paper backer

Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 United Republic of the central medallion with multicolour(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3rd, 1864. (c. 1940 issue). Type VI. An eight pointed gilded bronze multi faceted star with a large white enameled gilded Greek Cross with silvered rampant lions and castle towers in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central enameled the obverse with a central emblem bearing the coat of arms of Castile, Len, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, topped by a gilt bar to bear the date