Spain, Spanish State. A Mint Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Compañia Province of China A fine and rare document

A fine and rare document grouping to Gefreiter and Tax Inspector Karl Heß

The interior content consists of 752 paginated pages of text and indexes

one of the favourite portraitists of the imperial family

unmarked but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler of Munich and Petz & Lorenz of Unterreichenbach

Both the obverse and reverse of the blade bear etched floral designs interspersed with images of cannons and sabres

Spain, Spanish State. A Mint Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Compañia Province of China A fine and rare documentConstructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with classic Spanish style clasp and horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a Spanish national eagle, overlaid by a central 1939 Iron Cross, overlaying a circular laurel leaf wreath topped by a crown, the reverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a depiction of the Novgorod Kremlin above an inscription of RUSIA 1941,