Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Bronze with Swords, Wartime-Compatible Example, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction 1896) was a British General

1896) was a British General

in tombac with green and white enamels

the reverse stamped with an identification number of “378” indicating an early-issue badger

with minor tearing visible to the left edge

when he was Killed in Action during the Dieppe Raid on August 19

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Bronze with Swords, Wartime-Compatible Example, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction 1896) was a British General(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with