Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdi, Commander, Type I visually-hidden 8 mm (h) x 54

8 mm (h) x 54

again for the 21st Battalion in the field

and Otto Meissner at a gala

bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey sunwheel-style mobile swastika

Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdi, Commander, Type I visually-hidden 8 mm (h) x 54(Wissam al Mahdawiya). Instituted in 1926. Four piece construction, in silver gilt with bluish green, ultramarine blue, white and yellow enamels, unmarked, measuring 40. 8 mm (w) x 51. 7 mm (h) inclusive of ts laterally pierced ball suspension, scattered chipping evident on the tip of the arm at 12 o'clock on the obverse and on the tips of the arms at 12 and 2: 30 o'clock on the reverse, original neck ribbon, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order