Germany, Federal Republic. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Gold Grade by Rudolf Souval, Veteran's Example c. 1960 Auction Archive Benedict of Avis

Benedict of Avis

centre in Gold and enamels

encased in ten rows of tightly wrapped brass wire

gilt star on the ribbon)

entering the European theatre on January 17

Germany, Federal Republic. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Gold Grade by Rudolf Souval, Veteran's Example c. 1960 Auction Archive Benedict of Avis(Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded 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 raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with