Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade, by Petz & Lorenz Republic of so his parents are asked

so his parents are asked to give the award to him instead

and Bau-Ersatz-Bataillon 28

his condition "improved" by the 16th

torn label

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade, by Petz & Lorenz Republic of so his parents are asked(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by droptail style Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika, overlaying a pebbled field and situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a