Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade Auction Archive Footnote: The First Matabele War

Footnote: The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe

dated to January 27

in military uniform showing multiple awards

Emanating from the throat fixture is an integral loop for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade Auction Archive Footnote: The First Matabele War(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 57. 16 mm (w) x