the royal military order of saint ferdinand was set up by the cádiz cortes in 1811 to honour heroic feats of arms. its awardees include juan prim, juan de la cruz mourgeón, francisco de albear, josé enrique varela iglesias (twice awarded, in 1920, and 1921), francisco serrano y domínguez, frederick thomas pelham, henry kelly (vc), martín cerezo, francisco franco bahamonde, and mohamed meziane.