Spain. A Medal For The Morocco Campaign 1916, Bronze Grade Newly Listed Bronze Star and Purple Heart

Bronze Star and Purple Heart

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Spain. A Medal For The Morocco Campaign 1916, Bronze Grade Newly Listed Bronze Star and Purple HeartLarache Bar. In bronze, unmarked, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 51. 5 mm inclusive of its ball suspension, bar on its original ribbon, suspended from a traditional Spanish horizontal broach with pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on June 29, 1916 and awarded for meritorious service in Morocco from that date. Melilla on the north African coast had been Spanish since 1497 and Ceuta since 1668 but it was not until