Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Charles III, Knight, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac These trousers measure approximately 39

These trousers measure approximately 39 cm across the waist (seam to seam)

An Order of the Golden Kite

then reported as a Prisoner of War (POW)

marks on the reverse but the obverse is clean

Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Charles III, Knight, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac These trousers measure approximately 39(Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III). Instituted in 1771. In silver gilt and enamels, a Maltese cross in blue and white enamel, with fleur de lys in each quadrant, surmounted by a wreath, the obverse centerpiece bearing a distinctive iconography of the Immaculate Conception, the reverse bearing the Royal monogram of Charles III, surrounded by a white enamelled ring with the motto VIRTUTI ET MERITO, measures 38 mm (w) x 58. 9 mm (h inclusive of