Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by J. Godet & Sohn GTRexclude the handle maker marked “V

the handle maker marked “V

A Soldbuch to the 211th Grenadier Regiment

Naming is engraved on the MC and officially impressed on the DCM

A brief but illuminating summary of the trials and tribulations of the Balloonatics is to be found in the introduction to Alan Morris’ definitive history of the same title: "Perceiving their elongated brownish-grey skins the Allies eschewed the technical description of "gasbag

marked on the integral suspension ring with partial maker mark and silver mark denoting Austro-Hungarian manufacture between 1872-1922

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by J. Godet & Sohn GTRexclude the handle maker marked “V(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a block hinge a narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a