Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Auction Archive 1914 at Quebec City

1914 at Quebec City

(Reichskampf München Teilnehmerabzeichen)

the obverse bearing a layer of field-grey cotton/rayon layer overlaid by a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

5 grams demonstrating loss of finish and surface oxidation throughout

Sighted innumerable enemy aircraft on airdrome

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Auction Archive 1914 at Quebec City(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, overlaying a pair of crossed swords which piercing the centrepiece, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 34 mm (w) x 56. 42