Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, by Diez y Campañia Hold (Gürtelschnalle für Männer der Polizei)

(Gürtelschnalle für Männer der Polizei)

flawed tail gap variation in extremely fine condition

James Bender of San Jose

as obtained from a veteran's family

another with a rolled piece of paper

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, by Diez y Campañia Hold (Gürtelschnalle für Männer der Polizei)Constructed 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,