Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegild, Commander, By Castells, C.1870 Hold Cross with magnetic core and

Cross with magnetic core and silver frame (marked 900)

arriving in the French theatre the next day

and under the circumstances I cannot send you any of the personal effects he had with him

The protective edge of the helmet in a magnetic steel

Enemy shore batteries represented a permanent threat to Canadian ships as they approached the coastline

Spain, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Hermenegild, Commander, By Castells, C.1870 Hold Cross with magnetic core and(Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo). Instituted in 1814 by King Ferdinand VII. 1850 1890 issue. A ball tipped Maltese cross in silver gilt, featuring multiple silver rays in each quadrant, with obverse centre exhibiting a superposed silver figure of St. Hermenegild on a dark blue enameled background, surrounded by a white enameled border inscribed PREMIO A LA CONSTANCIA MILITAR (Award to Military Constancy), encircle by an enameled green laurel