Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Auction Archive Footnote: The Order of Merit

Footnote: The Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was instituted on January 23

and is slightly offset within the frame

Footnote: The Wings for Britain Benevolent Fund supported the widows and families of airmen who had been killed in action

7 mm (w) x 80 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Franz

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Auction Archive Footnote: The Order of MeritConstructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with classic Spanish style clasp and horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a Spanish national eagle, overlaid by a central 1939 Iron Cross, overlaying a circular laurel leaf wreath topped by a crown, the reverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a depiction of the Novgorod Kremlin above an inscription of RUSIA 1941,