Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold measuring 44 mm (w) x

measuring 44 mm (w) x 71 mm (h - inclusive of laurel suspension as well as horizontally pierced ball)

they were occasionally pressed into service as battle tanks when there was a shortage of better tanks

Numbered - Silvered bronze with red and light blue enamels

Instituted by Mustafa Pasha Bey in 1835

Gold-coloured gilt on zinc

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold measuring 44 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, suspended from a classic bronze clasp with horizontal pinback, consisting of a one piece Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813,