Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold (Medaglia ai benemerenti della salute

(Medaglia ai benemerenti della salute pubblica)

Measuring 204 mm (w) x 163 mm (h)

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

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

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans Hold (Medaglia ai benemerenti della salute(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,