Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, With Swords United Republic of red velvet recessed medal bed

red velvet recessed medal bed

VICTIMES DE GUERRE & D'ANCIENS COMBATTANTS" (National Federation of the Associations of Mutilated

on original ribbon stain on reverse

maker marked "F N & C" on the reverse

marked on reverse “L/1x” (possibly L/13)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, With Swords United Republic of red velvet recessed medal bed(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika within dual rings, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the hilt of each sword bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with the tips of the eagles wings joining each arm, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring