Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords Newly Listed maker marked "5" (Hermann Wernstein

maker marked "5" (Hermann Wernstein

twenty-three with vertical pinbacks

measures 48 mm (w) x 140 mm (l)

and a small piece of the front cover missing

knot measures 28

Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords Newly Listed maker marked "5" (Hermann Wernstein(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