Spain, Nationalist State. A Mint and Unissued Boxed “Blue Division” Medal for the Campaign in Russia, c. 1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac by Wiilam "Bill" Powell

by Wiilam "Bill" Powell

a very scarce plaque

superimposed on the center sits Saint Raymond in multi-coloured enamels with blue banner below inscribed IN JURE MERITA

The right side retains an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) lavel

would have been to come to aid at top speed

Spain, Nationalist State. A Mint and Unissued Boxed “Blue Division” Medal for the Campaign in Russia, c. 1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac by Wiilam "Bill" Powell(Medalla de la Divisin Azul por la Campaa en Rusia). Instituted in 1943. Constructed of silvered bronze with black enamels, the obverse illustrating the Nationalist Eagle of Spain with an Iron Cross bearing a swastika, above the Falange symbol, the eagle backed by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the Franco crown, reverse illustrating the Novgorod's Kremlin surrounded by a wreath of chains and inscribed "RUSIA 1941" below, suspended from its mint