Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords GTRexclude MAGDEBURG 13TH JANUARY 1925”

MAGDEBURG 13TH JANUARY 1925”

marked “4” on pinback for maker Steinhauer & Lück

and French Official Photographs and Maps)

attached to a field-grey wool backing

There were 19 Lancasters and 3 Halifaxes lost

Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords GTRexclude MAGDEBURG 13TH JANUARY 1925”(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from ribbon with a classic clasp and horizontal pinback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 46. 9 mm (w) x 48. 2 mm