Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by J. Godet & Sohn Archive 36 mm (w) x 53

36 mm (w) x 53

a second Gefreiter sleeve insignia

scattered greening evident

on a fixed loop and ring for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback mount

worn on a long orange neck ribbon with six bright green stripes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by J. Godet & Sohn Archive 36 mm (w) x 53(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a block hinge a narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a