Spain, Kingdom. A Leiva Infantry Academy Medal Auction Footnote: The Order of the

Footnote: The Order of the Academic Palms was instituted on March 17

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measuring 74 mm (w) x 51 mm (h)

with “feldgrau” or olive-drab painted finish

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Spain, Kingdom. A Leiva Infantry Academy Medal Auction Footnote: The Order of theIn bronze, obverse illustrating a Spanish Conquistador and inscribed "LEIVA", reverse illustrating an infantry insignia consisting of a stylized "I" framed within the loop of a bugle, backed by crossed rifles and branches of laurel leaves, the bugle surmounted by the Royal crown, a plaque below inscribed "8 DICIEMBRE 1907" (December 8, 1907), with a branch of laurel leaves extending below the plaque, faintly hand engraved "13 5 08" above the crown,