Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade, by C.F. Zimmermann visually-hidden Case of issue

Case of issue

It was fought by American and Filipino forces against Japanese troops in Manila

3 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension)

and depicts the signature of the Kriegsmarine Vizeadmiral und Flottenchef

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade, by C.F. Zimmermann visually-hidden Case of issue(Spanienkreuz in Silber). 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 swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a raised and elongated barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked with