Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example visually-hidden completing in loops for the

completing in loops for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

" He had previously been awarded a Bronze Star Medal for heroism in ground combat at Manila on February 5th

In an Overseas Board Report

page 3774 and is mentioned in an extract from Burke's Handbook of the OBE in 1920

measuring 32 mm (w) x 355 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example visually-hidden completing in loops for the(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a slightly vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an unusual attachment apparatus, consisting of a barrel hinge and vertical pinback design most commonly