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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, by C.E. Juncker
(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with the arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with finely-detailed crossed swords through the centre and a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked “CEJ” for C.E. Juncker, Berlin, with a silver content number of “900”, measuring 56.07mm (w) x 55.78 mm (h), weighing 36.5 grams, with some material fatigue obscuring the details of the eagles’ faces, in overall near extremely fine condition.

