Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Battalion was absorbed into

the Battalion was absorbed into the 17th and 26th Reserve Battalions and disbanded on September 15

a shooting range

with the inscription VIRTUD HONOR VALOR and MN in the center

on grey cloth

reminiscing about his first combat mission from which he came back “excited and delighted”

Spain, Fascist State. A Spanish Made War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the Battalion was absorbed into(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from 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, unmarked, measuring 46. 9 mm (w) x 48. 2 mm