Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Gold Grade with Swords, by Petz & Lorenz visually-hidden with STERLING

with STERLING

Inset into the obverse of the handle is a silvered bronze insignia in the form of a SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

The blade sits securely within the silvered zink alloy upper crossguard

of selflessness and discipline

original hole at 12 o’clock has been filled and the suspension ring added

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Gold Grade with Swords, by Petz & Lorenz visually-hidden with STERLING(Spanienkreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with swords piecing 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a privately