Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade Hold with riveted Olympic rings

with riveted Olympic rings

in silver with forty-five carefully embedded diamonds in the centrepiece ring

an Ace who scored all of his 43 victories against the Western Allies in over 500 combat missions: award document for Honor Goblet -Ehrenpokal (20 October 1940)

the obverse with a national eagle perched atop a mobile wreathed swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade Hold with riveted Olympic rings(Bronzenes Spanisches Kreuz). Constructed of bronzed tombac in the shape of a Maltese cross with Luftwaffe eagles separately applied to the cross; vertical banjo style pinback, with a barrel hinge and a broad catch; measuring 55. 64 mm (w) x 55. 08 mm (h); weighing 25. 9 grams; in overall near extremely fine condition.