Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold combating Partisans

combating Partisans

flanked on each side by a classic “salt and pepper” motif

there is loosening of the handle

and three reproduction enlargements of Hebert taken from the group photo

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold combating Partisans(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of silvered and blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a classic Spanish style buckle and pinback, consisting of a one piece Cross Patte with a blackened core set within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm