Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross in Silver, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive each with a magnetic metal

each with a magnetic metal hook meeting a reinforced hole

Of early high quality

Elsie Thorpe (Wood) Hebden of the Isle of Man

along with a green enameled partial oak and laurel wreath as well as silver gilt crossed swords between the arms of the cross

Third Period (1941-on)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross in Silver, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive each with a magnetic metal(Spanienkreuz in Silber). 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 Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an elongated barrel inge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 52