Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Hold (Militärische Ehrenzeichen Friedrich-Kreuz)

(Militärische Ehrenzeichen Friedrich-Kreuz)

Measures 33mm

marked "INSIGNIA S

He died on November 27

accompanied by a dark chocolate coloured leather tab - dated 1940

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Hold (Militärische Ehrenzeichen Friedrich-Kreuz)(Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern in Silber). Constructed of silver, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebble arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual rings, and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of C. E. Juncker,