Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude the Protocol Centre)

the Protocol Centre)

visible break point at 12 o’clock

Footnote: Rupert Sirch was born on 11 November 1921 in Berlin and grew up in Ronsberg

followed by postings with the Destroyer HMS Wivern and the Sloop HMS Laburnham in New Zealand

A very rare medal constructed of silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude the Protocol Centre)(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