Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander, c.1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but the hinge and catch

but the hinge and catch still present

(Monte Cassino / May 1944)

Maria di Betlemme)

three sorties to Germany: Kiel and Stuttgart (twice)

Footnote: Nursing Sister Edith Martha York is acknowledged as having served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the First World War

Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander, c.1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but the hinge and catch(Orden de Isabel la Catlica). Instituted in 1815. In silver gilt, a hollow Maltese cross featuring red enamels and five emanating rays in each quadrant, incorporating ball finials on all eight points of the arms of the cross, obverse center piece insignia with an enameled symbology, reverse centerpiece with blue and white enamels and bearing the monogram of Queen Isabella with white enamel surround and "A LA LEALTAD ACRISOLADA", surmounted by a wreath