Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Cisneros, Grand Cross Breast Star Archive when U-567 was sunk with

when U-567 was sunk with all hands by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford and corvette HMS Samphire

overlaid by an upward-pointing sword

meeting an analogous non-functional buttonhole

The photo shows a military reception in Eutin (northern Germany) on October 19

Spain, Spanish State. An Order of Cisneros, Grand Cross Breast Star Archive when U-567 was sunk with(Orden de Cisneros). Instituted in 1944. Two piece construction, in silver gilt with red, black and yellow enamels, with two pins securing the eagle insignia to the Maltese cross and arrows base, measuring 67. 3 mm (w) x 69. 2 mm (h), ornate vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, enamels are intact, near extremely fine.