Germany, Wehrmaht. A Rare Spanish Cross For Next Of Kin Auction outer edge trimmed in chocolate

outer edge trimmed in chocolate brown wool

all suspended from a 122 mm-long zink bar with a red wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 495 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

The disaster took place in front of an estimated 40 to 50 thousand spectators and produced an extraordinary wave of nationalistic support for Zeppelin's work

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Etui)

Germany, Wehrmaht. A Rare Spanish Cross For Next Of Kin Auction outer edge trimmed in chocolate(Spanienkreuz fr Hinterbliebene). Instituted 14 April 1939. (1939 issue). A rare and extremely well preserved Spanish Cross for Next of Kin, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, each joined through the quadrants by detailed Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, with a central raised mobile swastika on a pebbled background, set within dual