Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords Newly Listed twenty-three with vertical pinbacks

twenty-three with vertical pinbacks

the obverse featuring stylized and finely-detailed floral designs surrounding a monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II

the inside pages have detached from the binding

fraying evident in the wire

marked on reverse with logo of Assmann company

Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords Newly Listed twenty-three with vertical pinbacks(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from ribbon with a classic clasp and horizontal pinback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 46. 9 mm (w) x 48. 2 mm