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Order of Saint Ferdinand of Maj Gen William Fergusson Beatson, 54th Bengal Native Infantry, 1837
Order of St Ferdinand, Spain, badge, order of chivalry, badge, award, foreign award
Accession Number

NAM.1963-11-31-2

Description

Order of St Ferdinand, Spain, 2nd Class, badge, 1837. From a medal group awarded to Maj Gen William Fergusson Beatson (1804-1872), 54th Bengal Native Infantry. This medal is suspended from a red ribbon with yellow edges and is connected via a ring suspender. The obverse is a four armed cross pattee coated in white enamel. It bears at its centre a medallion depicting Saint Ferdinand, or King Ferdinand III of Castille. Written on blue enamel and circling the medallion are the words 'AL MERITO MILITAR' meaning to military merit, as this is one of Spain's highest decorations for gallantry. The reverse has a similar design but in the centre there is a crown above two blue raised circles. Encircling this are the words 'EL REY Y LA PATRIA' meaning The King and The Fatherland. Awarded for service with the British Spanish Legion during the Carlist War (1835-1836).

Campaigns

Carlist Wars (1833-1840)

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