Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdauia, Commander’s Star, by Cravanzola Province of China As a despatch runner he

As a despatch runner he won the Military Medal for his services on the Ypres Salient on 13/14 June 1916

with an additional small reinforce slit for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

” for “Jacob Leser

and in overall better than very fine condition

the obverse trimmed with white machine-embroidery

Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdauia, Commander’s Star, by Cravanzola Province of China As a despatch runner he(Wissam al Mahdawiya). Instituted in 1926. Four piece construction, in silver gilt with bluish green, ultramarine blue, white and yellow enamels, reverse offers a vertical pinback with dual stays, central cartouche of CRAVANZOLA, marked with Italian silversmith 66 and TO city mark, with 800 silver fineness mark, measuring 66. 5 mm (w) x 76. 4 mm (h), weighs 70. 1 grams, enamels intact, lovely patina, better than extremely fine.