Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Owner-Attributed Example Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic receiving the 1914 Iron Cross

receiving the 1914 Iron Cross in both I and II Classes

he went back into the cockpit and made Squadron Captain of the 10th Squadron of Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing) 51 in 1943

A cross constructed of silvered metal

000 wounded

He was treated at Grosvenor Road Hospital for an abscess in his right foot

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Owner-Attributed Example Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic receiving the 1914 Iron Cross(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a large block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a silver content number of 900, in turn