Home /
Europe /
Spain /
Orders /
Spain, Kingdom. A Civil Order of Alphonso XII, Grand Cross, c.1915

Item: EU15185

Spain, Kingdom. A Civil Order of Alphonso XII, Grand Cross, c.1915

Hammer Price:

Bid History

$684

Time Remaining:

Currency Converter

Buyer's Premium

eMedals proudly ships worldwide, see our shipping information

What's a max bid?

Your maximum bid should be the highest amount you're willing to pay for an item.

Your entered maximum bid will not be disclosed to the seller or other auction participants at any point.

Max bidding example:

If the current auction price is $100 dollars and you place a maximum bid of $120 dollars, the system will bid $101 dollars on your behalf.

If no other participant places a bid, you win that auction lot for $101 dollars.

If another auction participant places a bid of $110 dollars, the system will subsequently place a bid of $111 dollars on your behalf. The system will continue to bid in $1.00 dollar increments until your maximum bid of $120 dollars is exceeded.

If another auction participant places a bid for $125 dollars, the auction lot price will display $121 dollars having exceeded your previously submitted maximum bid by $1.00 dollar.

Buyer's Premium

All bids are subject to a Buyer's Premium which is in addition to the placed successful bid. The following rate of Buyer's Premium will be added to the Hammer Price of each Lot that you purchase:

Twenty-Two Percent (22%) of the Hammer Price

Spain, Kingdom. A Civil Order of Alphonso XII, Grand Cross, c.1915

(Orden Civil de Alfonso XII). Instituted 1902. 1902-1931 issued. One of the 237 Grand Crosses awarded during its life span, a fine sash badge in silver gilt with finely enameled purple four-armed cross, featuring three roundish rays applique in purple enamels in each quadrant, with large obverse centrepiece composing of a silver eagle surrounded by the inscription A X II ALTIORA PETO (I aspire to the Highest) also in silver, surrounded also by a silver gilded wreath of a palm branch and a green enameled laurel branch, surmounted by a red enameled typical of time period Spanish royal crown, depicting an enameled Spanish coat of arms in the bottom, plain reverse, measuring 45.45 mm (w) x 49.89 mm (h - inclusive of the integral ball), with minor lost of red and purple enamels, accompanied by original silk sash ribbon, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Civil Order of Alfonso XII was founded in Spain by King Alfonso XIII on May 23, 1902. The Order was awarded to either Spanish or foreign citizens in recognition of meritorious services within the fields of education, science, culture, teaching, and research. The Order was abolished by the Second Republic in 1931, and it was replaced by the Civil Order of Alfonso XII in 1939.