Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, With Swords Hold the obverse centre bears a

the obverse centre bears a crowned cipher “W” encompassed with a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom

the Atlantic

advanced the science of artillery through the development of the "rolling barrage"

marked "L/54" on reverse of the cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, With Swords Hold the obverse centre bears a(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika within dual rings, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the hilt of each sword bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with the tips of the eagles wings joining each arm, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring