Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross in Silver, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive Elsie Thorpe (Wood) Hebden of

Elsie Thorpe (Wood) Hebden of the Isle of Man

Third Period (1941-on)

GVR (Lieut

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Ontario and probably utilized by the Royal Canadian Air Force

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross in Silver, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive Elsie Thorpe (Wood) Hebden of(Spanienkreuz in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted 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 situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an elongated barrel inge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 52