Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Spanish-Made for Blue Division Veterans Buy Now Twenty-nine officers appointed Commanders of

Twenty-nine officers appointed Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

inscribed "Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger e

supplemented by a variety of identity documents (including a German Red Cross service card)

The Order also recognized the civil and commercial ships who served to the Spanish Navy

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Spanish-Made for Blue Division Veterans Buy Now Twenty-nine officers appointed Commanders of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of gilded brass, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, flanked on each side by downward pointing hooks, unmarked, measuring 47. 39 mm (w) x 47. 64 mm