Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade, by Petz & Lorenz Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Issued 1916-1924)

(Issued 1916-1924)

inscribed "Zur Erinnerung an Deutschlands grosse Zeit

Simon Janse Van Arsdalen

This particular example is a very first issue of this Order having a low profile

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade, by Petz & Lorenz Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Issued 1916-1924)(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). 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 droptail style Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika, overlaying a pebbled field and situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a