Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal, by Deschler & Sohn Archive ZUR ERINNERUNG AN WEIHNACHTEN 1938”

ZUR ERINNERUNG AN WEIHNACHTEN 1938” (“MY DEAR NIECE MARGOT ROSE

as by this time some of the U-boats crew had emerged from the conning tower

handwritten inscription in blue ink "This is the original ribbon from my George Cross" and signed by "A R C Butson"

with sporadic scratching and surface oxidation visible throughout the shell

Tommy Douglas

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal, by Deschler & Sohn Archive ZUR ERINNERUNG AN WEIHNACHTEN 1938”(Erinnerungsmedaille fr die spanischen Freiwilligen im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised sword overlaid by shields bearing raised Heer and Falange insignia, topped by a Stahlhelm, and situated above a swastika flanked by clutches of laurel leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription of DIVISIN ESPAOLA DE VOLUNTARIOS EN RUSIA (DIVISION