Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Spanish-Made for Blue Division Veterans visually-hidden enamel loss in the orange

enamel loss in the orange enamels on the sun

and date marked “F” (1930-31)

I put forth this certificate in the expectation that the appointed

Commander: Gold with blue and white enamels

Footnote: In regards to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Mercy and the Holy Sepulcher

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Spanish-Made for Blue Division Veterans visually-hidden enamel loss in the orange(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of gilded brass, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, flanked on each side by downward pointing hooks, unmarked, measuring 47. 39 mm (w) x 47. 64 mm