Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Gold Grade with Swords, by Petz & Lorenz certificate_of_authenticity 202 mm x 328 mm)

202 mm x 328 mm)

U427 was attached to Fleets

The lid features an inscription in pre-revolutionary Russian Cyrillic orthography of “БЕЗЪ ХЛѢБА

and finally East Prussia

the reverse inscribed “Für Verdienst” (German - For Merit)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Gold Grade with Swords, by Petz & Lorenz certificate_of_authenticity 202 mm x 328 mm)(Spanienkreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with swords piecing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a privately