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Appearance. This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of Spain. The majority of the top civil and military decorations currently granted by the Government of Spain on a discretionary basis can be traced back to the 19th and 20th centuries. The military orders, a series of religious-military institutions created during ...
The Order of Police Merit is a Spanish distinction created, initially only as a medal, in 1943 to offer a special reward to members of the police. Currently it is awarded in four categories: Gold Medal, Silver Medal, Cross with red badge and Cross with white badge. All of them, except the Cross with white badge, have pensions attached to the ...
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) [note 2] was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left -leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic , and consisted of various socialist , communist , separatist , anarchist , and ...
Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco) Order of Pao Ting (China) Order of Virtuti Militari (Poland) Order of the White Eagle (Poland) Order of the White Eagle (Yugoslavia) Order of William (Netherlands) Korean War - South Korea and the United Nations. United Nations Service Medal. Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Distinguished Service Award. (Without Insignia) Mention in Dispatches. (Without Insignia)[1] Royal and Military Order of St Hermenegild [2] The Cross of Military Merit (Spanish: Cruces del Mérito Militar) is Spain 's military awards for gallantry or merit in war or peace. Awarded to members of the Spanish Armed Forces, Guardia Civil or civilians.
Martín Fernández de Navarrete, librarian of the Royal Spanish Academy, wearing the sash and grand cross of the order. Collar granted to Czech President Václav Havel.. The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Real Orden de Isabel la Católica; Abbr.: OYC) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Charles ...
The Spanish Republican Army (Spanish: Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.. It became known as People's Army of the Republic (Ejército Popular de la República) after it was reorganized, following the disbandment of the voluntary militias that were formed in July 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish ...
A number of German Navy ships served in Spanish waters, their crew also qualifying for the cross. [4] The Spanish Cross was to be worn on the right breast below the pocket flap or, if awarded, below the Blood Order. After the death of the recipient, the award remains with the next-of-kin. [3] The wear of Nazi era awards was banned in 1945.