Cross for Aranjuez, Cross

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SKU: 02.ESP.0170.101.01.000

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  • Cross Obverse

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Attributes

  • Country
    Spain
  • Composition
    Gilt/Enamelled
  • Inscription
    Obv: F. VII ACCION DE ARANJUEZ 5 AGOSTO DE 1809
  • Image Licensing
    This image/illustration is attributed to “Abbildungen zur chronic sämtlicher Ritter Orden und Ehrenzeichen Souveraine and Regerungen, Seiner Majestat dem Konige Von Presussen Freiderich Wilhelm IV gewidmet von H. Schulze, Lieutenant in der Landwehr Artillerie”, published in 1835 in Berlin. This image has been cropped. This resource is in the public domain in all countries where the copyright is the author’s term of life plus 70 years.

History


The Cross for Aranjuez was instituted in Spain by Royal Decree of May 30, 1816. It was conferred upon the troops under commandad of General Venegas who fought French invaders in the Royal Palace on August 5, 1809, preventing them from crossing and taking the Tagus.

The Cross features an obverse inscription that translates to "Action in Aranjuez August 5, 1809," and it has a plain reverse.

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