Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20 Nov 2019
Spain: a collection of medals for campaigns in North Africa
Spain: a collection of medals for campaigns in North Africa, comprising: Medal for Melilla, 1909-12, officer's type in silver, oval, 28 mm, helmeted head left and 'CAMPANA DEL RIF', 'with three clasps and ribbon with crosses indicating a recipient who was wounded twice; another officer's medal with articulated crown suspension; a bronze example, other ranks, three clasps and the ribbon crossed for a single wound; two spare ribbons each with four clasps; the Medal 'Militar de África', silver, of similar form to the last but with 'AFRICA' to the obverse, clasps for Tetuan and Larache; the Medal for Morocco 1915, three officers examples and four other ranks, obverse endorsed 'MARRUECOS', with various combinations of clasps and wound crosses; and a miniature Medal for Morocco, grades vary from good very fine to extremely fine. [14]