Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive During initial development it was

During initial development it was known by the codename "Cherry Stone"

vertical needle style pinback with a countersunk sheet metal hinge and a countersunk round wire catch

2 Schüko" (The Great Fighter School of Warsaw)

in the shape of a cross pattee

He was transferred for overseas service in the French theatre on June 27

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive During initial development it was(Spanienkreuz in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagle clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4