ALFONSO XII OF SPAIN: (1857-1885) Lot n° 1562

ALFONSO XII OF SPAIN: (1857-1885) King of Spain 1874-85. A good D.S., ` Yo el Rey´, stamped signature, one page, folio, Palace of Madrid, 22nd November 1879, to Ruperto Fuentes y Vergara, in Spanish. The partially printed document, showing a large and attractive printed heading "Don Alfonso XII - Rey Constitucional de España" ("Don Alfonso II - Constitutional King of Spain"), is the apppointment approved by the King of Infantry Commandant Fuentes y Vergara as Lieutenant Colonel of infantry, and this as a reward for the important services given during the recently finished civil war. Countersigned at the base by Arsenio Martinez Campos in his capacity as President of the council of Ministers. Bearing to the verso a signed registry annotation. With blank integral leaf. G