An Institute for Hispanic Culture Award; Fascist Party Recipient

An Institute for Hispanic Culture Award; Fascist Party Recipient - Fascist Party Member for Merit in the Development of the Spanish Colonies; Franco Period Star; Four-piece construction, silver gilt with a large enamelled centrepiece, blue enamelled inscription surrounding the centrepiece reading "Instituto de Cultura Hispanica" (Institute for Hispanic Culture), surmounted by the Franco crown with touches of red and green enamels in the crown's base, numbered "238" on the reverse, 86.5 mm x 92.2 mm, vertical pinback flanked by dual prongs, intact enamels, extremely fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, silver plate affixed to the lid inscribed "AL EXCMO. SR. D. FERNANDO DE MONTERO Y GARCIA DE VALDIVIA CON MOTIVO DEL XXV ANIVERSARIO DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE COLONIZACIÓN" (To Mr. Sr. D. Garcia Fernando de Valdiva Montero on the Occasion of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the National Institute of Colonization), heavily padded on the inside white satin lid, light contact, case near extremely fine.