Cross for the Battle of Valls, Gold Cross

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SKU: 02.ESP.0131.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$2700 USD

Estimated market value:

$2700 USD

Attributes

Country

Spain
Composition

Gold/Enamelled
Inscription

Obv: EL REY AL VALOR ESFORZADO Rev: A 29 DE FEBRERO DE 1809 VALLS
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 for the Battle of Valls was instituted in Spain by King Ferdinand VII on April 27, 1815. It was conferred upon the troops commanded by General Teodoro Reding who fought against the French army at the Battle of Valls, Catalonia on February 25, 1809.

The Cross features an obverse inscription that translates to "The King for Courage with Effort," and a reverse inscription that translates to "25th of February, 1809."

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