Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the ex-deserter quickly made up

the ex-deserter quickly made up for his past misdemeanours

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and in Côte-d'Or

measuring 120 mm (w) x 123 mm (h))

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the ex-deserter quickly made up(Erinnerungsmedaille fr die spanischen Freiwilligen im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus). Constructed of gilded zink, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a central raised sword overlaid by shield bearing a Heer and Falange insignia, topped by a Stahlhelm, sey above a swastika flanked by laurel leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription of DIVISIN ESPAOLA DE VOLUNTARIOS EN RUSIA (DIVISION OF SPANISH VOLUNTEERS IN RUSSIA), above laurel and oak leaf