Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Charles III, V Class Knight Newly Listed finished with reinforced button holes

finished with reinforced button holes over pebbled buttons on an orange-coloured wool backer

two piece construction affixed by four crimped points

reinforced by two post war pieces of brown leather

measuring 56 mm (w) x 60 mm (h))

Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Charles III, V Class Knight Newly Listed finished with reinforced button holes(Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III). Instituted in 1771. A privately commissioned jeweler made example of this order exhibiting extensive hand etching rather than cast plus hand etched details, in silver gilt and enamels, a Maltese cross with blue and white enamel, with fleur de lys in each quadrant, surmounted by a hand etched wreath, the obverse centerpiece altered bearing a later added iconography of the Immaculate Conception and etched