Spain, Kingdom. A Royal and Military Order of Hermenegildo, Commander by Number visually-hidden A First Pattern Railway Dagger

A First Pattern Railway Dagger by Robert Klaas - This the finest example of this type we have had the pleasure of offering

The throat is held together with one of two original rivets and retains a functional spring catch

hallmarked “A” and “Jauner”

and to be a prov

dated to Dresden on March 18

Spain, Kingdom. A Royal and Military Order of Hermenegildo, Commander by Number visually-hidden A First Pattern Railway DaggerInstituted November 28 1814. In bronze gilt and silvered bronze, and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a gilded Maltese Cross with ball finials, along with three multi faceted rays in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, depicting a superposed gilded figure of St. Hermenegildo on horseback on a dark blue enamelled central medallion, surrounded white enamelled border with the inscription Premio a la Constancia Militar (Award for Military