Spain, Franco Period. An Officer's Brocade & Cross Belt, C.1938 certificate_of_authenticity on December 22

on December 22

chipping evident in the white enamels on the second ray from the right on the arm at 12 o'clock on the obverse and on the far left ray on the arm at 6 o'clock on the reverse

The interior also features a white cotton label near the collar bearing a red ink inscription of “m 56-1”

stamped 45

Spain, Franco Period. An Officer's Brocade & Cross Belt, C.1938 certificate_of_authenticity on December 22Both the waist belt and shoulder belt have uppers fabricated from gold coloured bullion wire and yellow embroidery, bearing alternating lion and castle icons, each of the icons separated by an angled border, the underside of both in red rayon. The waist belt has leather tab with a smooth light brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end, the tab with ten rows of two holes each for length adjustment, brass receiving clip stitched in