Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden A “Goldenes Spanisches Kreuz”

A “Goldenes Spanisches Kreuz”

to be awarded for long and faithful service to the Kingdom of Romania

the 104th Regiment Westminster Fusiliers of Canada amalgamated with the 6th Regiment "The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles"

69 mm (w) x 20

attacking in droves with no particular formation

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden A “Goldenes Spanisches Kreuz”(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by