Cross of St. George, Gold Cross

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SKU: 02.ESP.0109.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$700 USD

  • Gold Cross Obverse

Estimated market value:

$700 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Spain
  • Composition
    Gold/Enamelled
  • Image Licensing
    This image/illustration is attributed to “Abbildungen zur chronic sämtlicher Ritter Orden und Ehrenzeichen Souveraine and Regerungen, Seiner Majestat dem Konige Von Presussen Freiderich Wilhelm IV gewidmet von H. Schulze, Lieutenant in der Landwehr Artillerie”, published in 1835 in Berlin. This image has been cropped. This resource is in the public domain in all countries where the copyright is the author’s term of life plus 70 years.

History


The Cross of St. George was instituted by the Supreme Junta of the Kingdom of Spain on January 15, 1810, and it was approved by King Ferdinand VII on March 12, 1815. It was awarded to the members of the Provincial Junta of Cataluña/Catalonia who commanded the resistance of this region against invading Napoleonic troops.

The Cross was approved with a unique class.

The Cross has no motto.

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