Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by Paul Meybauer Archive addressed to Plath

addressed to Plath

Footnote: The Venda Police Combating Terrorism Medal was instituted in 1985

one is maker marked ""Augis Lyon""

the reverse inscribed in Latin "INTER ARMA CARITAS" (Between the Arms of Charity) in the centre

the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/302” and a secondary code of “084249”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by Paul Meybauer Archive addressed to Plath(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul