Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Hold Dirlewanger received the German Cross

Dirlewanger received the German Cross in Gold

bearing a central Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the German attack came to a standstill

He was taken over into the Reichswehr

Bishop: Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Hold Dirlewanger received the German CrossConstructed 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,