Spain, Facist State. An Order Of Military Merit, Cross With Red Distinction, Fullsize And Miniature Archive (Luftwaffe Gürtelschnalle)

(Luftwaffe Gürtelschnalle)

A 1935 Stuttgart Wassersport badge

Stitched onto the tunic just above the upper right pocket is an insignia consisting of a dark green rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

who was three years his junior and served as a Private in the King's Own South Wales Borderers

Never one to turn down a lead

Spain, Facist State. An Order Of Military Merit, Cross With Red Distinction, Fullsize And Miniature Archive (Luftwaffe Gürtelschnalle)(Orden del Mrito Militar). Instituted in 1864. Fullsize: four piece construction, in silver gilt with red, white and blue enamels, the red cross indicative of war service, measuring 38. 5 mm (w) x 50. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, original wartime ribbon, suspended from a traditional horizontal hanger with pinback; and Miniature: four piece construction, in bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, the red cross indicative of war