Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade Archive late King Edward

late King Edward

Footnote: The Civil Order of Alfonso XII was founded by King Alfonso XIII on May 23

consisting of a Maltese cross with white enamel arms

They handled the training of the final allotments of recruits and draftees to various battalions in England and fighting in France

clutching a banner with an inscription of “FÜR SCHLESIEN” (“FOR SILESIA”) in its talons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade Archive late King Edward(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 Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 57. 16 mm (w) x