Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example visually-hidden page 3774 and is mentioned

page 3774 and is mentioned in an extract from Burke's Handbook of the OBE in 1920

completing in loops for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

" He had previously been awarded a Bronze Star Medal for heroism in ground combat at Manila on February 5th

After the campaign in Southern Poland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example visually-hidden page 3774 and is mentioned(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a slightly vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an unusual attachment apparatus, consisting of a barrel hinge and vertical pinback design most commonly