Spain: Humanitarian Order of the Holy Cross and the Victims of the 2nd May 1808

Spain: Humanitarian Order of the Holy Cross and the Victims of the 2nd May 1808, breast star, silver and enamel, 68 mm, eight pointed star, latin cross in red surmounting crossed cannon, 'ORDEN DEL 2 DE MAYO 1808' to a scroll, all within a wreath, second half 19th century, lacking reverse fittings and some enamel damage, about very fine.

A humanitarian organisation affiliated with the Spanish Red Cross, which invoked the memory of the victims of the French in Madrid, 1808.