Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver With Swords By Berg & Nolte Archive The cap measured 220 mm

The cap measured 220 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 168 mm (h)

Brillant enlisted in the 189th Battalion

travnja 1941

mounted to a bronze gilt frame with original ribbon with pinback

where he expected to form a junction with General Sarrail's French Army

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver With Swords By Berg & Nolte Archive The cap measured 220 mm(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central medallion bearing a mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre of the cross, each adorned Luftwaffe eagle clutching mobile swastikas at all four quadrants, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked B & N, L for Berg and Nolte,