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The military ranks of Spain are the military insignia used by the Spanish Armed Forces .
Armorial of the Spanish Armed Forces Spanish military units have coats of arms, badges and emblems to distinguish them from other units both joint Armed Forces and service branches units.
This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of Spain . The majority of the top civil and military decorations currently granted by the Government of Spain on a discretionary basis can be traced back to the 19th and 20th centuries. The military orders, a series of religious-military institutions created during the Middle ...
The Spanish Army ( Spanish: Ejército de Tierra, lit. 'Army of Land') is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies – dating back to the late 15th century.
The military ranks and promotion conditions of the Spanish Legion are the same as those applicable to the remainder of the Spanish Army. Formerly the Legion had its own rank system for non-commissioned officers.
The rank was created in 1999 to adapt the Spanish military ranks to the ranks of NATO [1] This is the highest rank that a military officer can reach, because the next higher is Captain General and that rank is only reserved to the King or Queen as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces (even that sometimes has been given as an honorary rank to some generals).
Mention in Dispatches. (Without Insignia) [1] Royal and Military Order of St Hermenegild [2] The Cross of Military Merit ( Spanish: Cruces del Mérito Militar) is Spain 's military awards for gallantry or merit in war or peace. Awarded to members of the Spanish Armed Forces, Guardia Civil or civilians.
Insignia. Army Flag of the Second Spanish Republic. Coat of Arms of Spain (1936–1939) The Spanish Republican Army ( Spanish: Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.