Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Veterans consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with gray NCO’s tresse on

with gray NCO’s tresse on the outer edges

and Victory Medal (654629 PTE

Dhanna Singh

On a studio portrait of Schütz the photographer’s name

This badge was introduced in 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Veterans consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with gray NCO’s tresse on(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened core within a silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an