Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Cross, By B. Castells, C.1915 Auction inscribed "380 Postkartenvertrieb W

inscribed "380 Postkartenvertrieb W

He was commissioned as a Subaltern in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in June 1908

the back cover in black ink

one month shy of his forty-fourth birthday

The Iron Cross Document is dated the 16th of November

Spain, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Cross, By B. Castells, C.1915 Auction inscribed "380 Postkartenvertrieb W(Orden al Mrito Militar). Instituted 1864 by Queen Isabel II of Spain. Alfonso XIII (1902 1931) issue. Type I. White Division. An eight pointed star consisting of delicate cut silver rays, with obverse centre featuring an enameled white cross of four equal arms in bronze gilt, alternating bronze gilded lions and castles in each quadrant, with superposed enameled white, blue and red typical of time period Spanish coat of arms also in bronze gilt, 12