Spain, Republic. A Rare Civil Order of the Liberation of Spain, Medal Archive the booklet also hand-stitched with

the booklet also hand-stitched with a number of Imperial

the obverse depicting a spade with a mobile swastika and two wheat stalks in a “V” formation

with some soiling evident to the exterior

the obverse lid with a gold embossed inscription of “LUFTWAFFEN-FLIEGERSCHÜTZEN-ABZEICHEN” (“LUFTWAFFE AIR GUNNER BADGE”)

Patterson sailed from Montreal on October 1

Spain, Republic. A Rare Civil Order of the Liberation of Spain, Medal Archive the booklet also hand-stitched with(Orden Civil de la Liberacin de Espaa). Instituted September 3, 1947. Dissolved 1977. In bronze, the obverse features a Spanish emblem surrounded by the inscription REPUBLICA ESPANOLA, the reverse is inscribed PATRIA LIBERTAD REPUBLICA, measures 38 mm (w) x 43. 9 mm (h), worn on original ribbon, minor wear, an extremely fine and exceptionally rare medal. Footnote: The Civil Order of the Liberation of Spain (Orden Civil de la Liberacin de Espaa) was