Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross With Swords, Bronze Grade Archive This decoration was awarded for

This decoration was awarded for the duration of the First World War to Ottoman and other Central Powers troops

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 574 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Three months later

in the fifth race

55mm (w) x 4

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross With Swords, Bronze Grade Archive This decoration was awarded for(Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, overlaying a pair of crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central raised mobile swastika within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 57. 00 mm (w) x 56. 43 mm