Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Auction Archive Cross in fire gilded bronze

Cross in fire gilded bronze

age-appropriate material fatigue is evident to the photograph and the frame

the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

1) A medal ribbon bar featuring two ribbons

a small typewritten note congratulating Widmann-Mathes on a promotion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Auction Archive Cross in fire gilded bronze(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a mis matched but period original Iron Cross 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,