Orders, Decorations and Medals of Spain

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Antonio Prieto Barrio, Arnt Boesveld, J. Declercq, Ed Haynes, Jeff McWilliam, and Victor F De Miguel Rufes, who shared information and pictures generously.

Especial thanks to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London for the use of images.

Grateful thanks to La Galerie Numismatique and V.F.M.R Orders & Medals, who have allowed use of pictures from their catalogue.

Links

Antonio Prieto Barrio - Condecoraciones Española

Antonio Prieto Barrio - Ribbons of Spain - Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4

Ed Emering - The Medal Hound: Medals of Spain

Jean-Paul LeBlanc - Orders, Decorations and Medals of Spain (Archived July 2014).

Hendrik Meersschaert - Hendrik's Medal Corner: Spain 1939-45

Ilja Repetski - World Awards: Spain

Will Shade - Medals of Spain (Archived March 2012).

Sven Vik - World Orders and Medals: Spain

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini SPAGNA

Yuri Yashnev - For MeritL Spain

Wikipedia - Orders, Decorations and Medals of Spain

MedalBook - Spain

Text References

Noticia de las Órdens de Caballería de España, Cruces et Medallas de Dístinction, Madrid 1815.

Ball, R.W.D., and Peters, P. (1994) Military Medals, Decorations & Orders of the United States & Europe: A photographic study to the beginning of WW2. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Barac, B. (2016) Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World: Part IV Gold Book (P-Z). OBOL, Zagreb

Dorregaray, J.G. (Ed.) (1865) Historia de las Órdenes de Caballería y de las Condecoraciones Españolas, Madrid.

Dueñas. J.V. (1843) Coleccion de cruces y medallas de distincion de España. Madrid, Yenes

Emering, E.J. (2004) Medals of the 21st Century Afghanistan War: Including Operation "Enduring Freedom" and the International Security Assistance Force Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 55(5):2-16.

Gillingham, H.E. (1926) Spanish Orders of Chivalry and Decorations of Honour Numismatic Notes and Monographs #31. New York, American Numismatic Society. Available online here

Hieronymussen, P. (1967) Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe Blandford, London.

Miller, A.A. (1952) Two Rare Spanish Crosses. The Medal Collector 3(10): 21-22.

Prieto Barrio, A. (2009) Recompensas Militares en la Guerra de la Independencia en Extremadura. Actas de las Jornadas de Historia de las Vegas Altas: La Batalla de Medellín pp:325-335

Prieto Barrio, A. (2022) Guerra de la Independencia. Compendio legislativo de Órdenes, Medallas y Condecoraciones. Edición del autor [USB]. Madrid.

Prieto Barrio, A. (2026) La Medalla de las campañas de Mindanao [The Mindanao Campaigns Medal] Estudios Nobiliarios y Emblemáticos de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía 6: 453-482.

Ruokonen, A. (2022) Royal and Military Order of St Hermenegild (Real y Miliar Orden de San Hernenegildo). Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 73(4):24-30.

Stair Sainty, G. & Heydel-Mankoo, R. (Eds) (2006) World Orders of Knighthood and Merit Burke's Peerage and Gentry.

Thomas, R. (2017) The Bagur and Palamos Medal. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 56(4): 244-253.

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