Spain, Fascist State. The Medal Bars & Foreign Legion Side Cap of the Blue Division

A Medal Bar featuring eight decorations:
An Order of Military Merit with Red Distinction, reduced size, multi-piece construction in bronze gilt and red enamels, measures 29.9mm (w) x 44.2mm (h) inclusive of crown suspension, reverse is plain, enamels intact, worn on original ribbon with bar, extremely fine condition.
A Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939, constructed of gilded and patinated bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 36.88 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
An Order of Military Merit, I Class with White Distinction Pension (1938-1975), in bronze gilt and white, red, and blue enamels, measures 40.6mm (w) x 52.2mm (h) inclusive of crown suspension, reverse plain, worn on original ribbon, in better than fine condition.
An Order of Military Merit, I Class with White Distinction (1938-1975), in bronze gilt and white, red, and blue enamels, measures 40.8mm (w) x 51.5mm (h) inclusive of crown suspension, plain reverse, worn on original ribbon, hairline cracks visible on 6 o’clock arm but otherwise enamels intact, in very fine condition.
A Cross for Military Constancy, constructed of gilded bronze with multi-coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Pattée with white enamelled arms, the reverse missing its analogous medallion, the 12 o’clock arm topped by a gilt crown suspension and loop with a period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 37.6mm (w) x 56mm (h) including crown suspension, reverse medallion missing and obverse medallion loose, remains in better than fine condition.
An Italian War Merit Cross, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the reverse bearing a central raised five-pointed star set over top of a radiant background, unmarked, measuring 37.6mm (w) x 42.7mm (h), in extremely fine condition.
An Italian Order of the Crown, Knight&rsquo;s Cross, constructed of silver gilt with multi-coloured enamels, the twelve o&rsquo;clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring with a period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 36.6mm (w) x 39.4mm (h), enamel chip on the reverse 6 o&rsquo;clock arm, otherwise intact and in near extremely fine condition.</p>
<p>An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, constructed of gilded silver with enamels, the twelve o&rsquo;clock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring with a period original ribbon, marked W atop integral ball, measuring 44.8mm (w) x 49.9mm (h), enamels intact, gilt wear, remains in near extremely fine condition.
This bar in its entirety is worn on a classic Spanish style clasp with a horizontal pin on the reverse, measures 162mm in length, weighs 162.6 grams, ribbons are all slightly discoloured and pin is bent, however this remains a beautiful bar in very fine condition.

A Medal Bar consisting of five decorations:
An Order of Military Merit with Red Distinction, reduced size, multi-piece construction in bronze gilt and red enamels, measures 40.6mm (w) x 54.3mm (h) inclusive of crown suspension, reverse is plain, enamels intact, worn on original ribbon, extremely fine condition.
A Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939, constructed of gilded and patinated bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 36.5mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
An Order of Aeronautical Merit with White Distinction, knight, in bronze gilt and multi colour enamels, the reverse is enamelled and is missing the medallion, measures 41.6mm (w) x 55.0mm (h), worn on original ribbon, central medallion has been reaffixed slightly off center, in very fine condition.
An Ifni-Sahara Medal (c.1960), Officer, two-piece construction, in bronze gilt with light blue, orange, white, red, and green enamels, measuring 32.1mm (w) x 51.1mm (h) inclusive of its Juan Carlos I crown suspension, worn backwards on bar, reverse medallion is slightly off center, residue near 12 o&rsquo;clock on obverse, intact enamels, original ribbon (faded), in extremely fine condition.
A Sahara Decoration, in silvered bronze and white enamels, reverse plain measures 46.2mm (w) x 58.6mm (h), worn on original ribbon, enamels intact, loss of silver and contact marks, in very fine condition.
The bar in its entirety is worn on a Spanish style clasp, horizontal pin on reverse, measures 159mm (w), weighs 132.1 grams, light wear and discolouration to ribbons, remains in very fine condition.
The two bars are contained in a privately made case of issue featuring a blue leatherette exterior, with white silk interior lid and a silk base with raised separators under the material to hold the medal bars, measures 280mm (w) x 215mm (l) x 40mm (d), scuffed to the exterior and specifically the corners, on the right side, two clasps along the bottom, both functional, in near very fine condition.
Accompanied by:
An Army Garrison Cap, c. 1943, of which the exterior is fabricated from a coarse brownish-green wool, the rear and sides with a fold down flap that has two tabs, and when raised are positioned over one another on the top and joined together via a gilt-finished wooden button. Both sides of the cap are trimmed in embroidered bullion piping in a trapezoid shape, incorporating three sides of the trapezium. There is an embroidered red and bullion cord with a tassel sewn in place at the seam along the top edge at the front and dangles downward, with two silvered badges affixed below just above the opening of the cap. The interior is lined in brown cotton with a leather sweatband, the cap measuring 275 mm (w) x 135 mm (h). A small area of mothing along the left side near the bullion piping, however the cap remains extremely fine. Two sets of ribbon bars. One in three tiers featuring 9 ribbons total, wrapped in plastic casing, reverse has been painted and bears three small tubes on each side for perpendicular pins, measures 119.2mm (w) x 27mm (h), residue on reverse, remains in very fine condition. The second in a single bar of four ribbons, wrapped in a plastic casing, reverse shows paint residue, measures 119.2mm (w) x 9.7mm (h), plastic missing at corners on reverse, light wear, and scuffing to obverse, remains in very fine condition.
A Civil War Era Shoulder Buckle, in white metal and brass, an ovular piece of insignia featuring the Spanish coat of arms on the obverse, the reverse with a single band for a strap to slide through, measures 52.0mm (w) x 77.0mm (h), wear and tarnishing to exterior, in very fine condition.
A 1936-1939 Sash Bar, in bronze gilt, measures 60.5mm (w) x 16.2mm (h), two small intentional holes in the reverse, to be worn on a Grand Cross sash, in very fine condition.
An Ex-combatant of the Spanish Forces Lapel Pin, in silver, silver gilt and multi coloured enamels, reverse presents a single hook for buttonhole fixture, measures 17.8mm in diameter, enamels intact, in very fine condition.
A swatch with rank insignias in the form of bullion stars on a section of khaki cloth, reinforced reverse, measures 57mm (w) x 30mm (h) in its entirety, worn, mold on reverse and oxidation to bullion on obverse, remains in near very fine condition.