Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude above the cuffs

above the cuffs

this type is described in more details in a book by Stijn David The Glider Pilot Badge

the background is pebbled

Stanstead County

Dated 21 June 1917

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude above the cuffs(Spanienkreuz in Silber). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika set within dual circular rings, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a silver content number of 835 and