Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Gold Grade with Swords, by Petz & Lorenz visually-hidden Inset into the obverse of

Inset into the obverse of the handle is a silvered bronze insignia in the form of a SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

because his name has not appeared on any lists or reports of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoner of war camps

original hole at 12 o’clock has been filled and the suspension ring added

The blade sits securely within the silvered zink alloy upper crossguard

with STERLING

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Gold Grade with Swords, by Petz & Lorenz visually-hidden Inset into the obverse of(Spanienkreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with swords piecing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a privately