Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Silver, by Steinhauer & Lück, with Recipient Photo

(Spanien-Kreuz in Silber). Instituted 14 April 1939. (1939 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central raised mobile swastika within a pebbled ring, with a pair of crossed swords through the centerpiece, each quadrant bearing a Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika soldered to the arms of the cross, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, stamped with a silver content number of “835”, otherwise unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 57.65 mm (w) x 57.15 mm (h), weighing 33.7 grams, in near extremely fine condition, accompanied by a photo of the recipient, with the subject standing in the uniform of a Luftwaffe Hauptgefreiter, unmarked and undated, measuring 68 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.