Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords certificate_of_authenticity all as a volunteer

all as a volunteer

the obverse with a central monogram of Prince Adolph

Dicks returned to Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa before being transferred to Eastern Air Command in Halifax

Pinned onto the peak of the cap is a silvered zink insignia consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

HMS Hyperion (sunk in the Mediterranean by mine contact)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords certificate_of_authenticity all as a volunteer(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). 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 which piercing the centrepiece, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 34 mm (w) x 56. 42