Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, by Steinhauer & Lück
(Spanienkreuz in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagle clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “4” for Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 57.62 mm (w) x 57.39 mm (h), weighing 29.3 grams, a superb example issued to veterans of the Condor Legion in near mint condition.

