Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Auction Archive with thin silver lining around

with thin silver lining around (for silver grade German Cross)

push button working well

surrounded by a full wreath of laurel leaves

on loop for suspension with wind-up dial

KIA on June 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Auction Archive with thin silver lining around(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 April 1939. (1939 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the quadrants joined by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set inside dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 47 mm (w) x 55.