Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Newly Listed with gilt Medical device superimposed

with gilt Medical device superimposed on top

of Swiss Huguenin Freres manufacture

Fowles was posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion at the Central Ontario Regimental Depot

pinback marked “900” for silver content and maker marked “21” for Godet & Co

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Newly Listed with gilt Medical device superimposed(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 April 1939. (1939 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the quadrants joined by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set inside dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 47 mm (w) x 55.