Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade Auction Archive Emanating from the throat fixture

Emanating from the throat fixture is an integral loop for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

topped by a NSFK insignia in the form of Icarus overlaid by a mobile swastika

Footnote: The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe

dated to January 27

surrounded by elegant enameled red border with French inscription L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade Auction Archive Emanating from the throat fixture(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