Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Hold with dual visible rivets holding

with dual visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place

the reverse with a black enameled central medallion depicting a gold crowned royal cipher of Heinrich

He was transferred to the Australian Hospital at Wimereux on the 26th and diagnosed with "Flat Foot"

000 before preceding on to Rio de Janeiro

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Hold with dual visible rivets holding(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 April 1939. (1939 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the quadrants joined by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set inside dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 47 mm (w) x 55.