Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold & Battalion Fuhrer)

& Battalion Fuhrer)

and the presence of the Black Eagle Order suggests the badge was created for a specific occasion

(Medaglia ai benemerenti della salute pubblica)

the interior with a complete field-grey rayon liner bearing a size stamp of “59”

inscribed "Meinem Führer" above and "unverbrüchliche Treue" below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold & Battalion Fuhrer)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a mis matched but period original Iron Cross ribbon with a classic clasp and horizontal pinback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939,