Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade With Swords, By Paul Meybauer Hold On December 1942

On December 1942

then posted to the 1st Canadian Engineer Reserve Battalion on January 22nd

and technically innovative

measuring 87 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

A certificate awarding the honour name “Banake”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade With Swords, By Paul Meybauer Hold On December 1942(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika set within double rings, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, each quadrant joined by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring