Spain, Nationalist State. A "Blue Division" Medal for the Campaign in Russia 1943, Boxed Archive (Bayerisch-Königlicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael

(Bayerisch-Königlicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael Kreuz 3

(Wehrmacht Besitz)

Includes: Department of the Army Distinguished Civilian Service Award (in bronze gilt

bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum wire looped around a buttonhole

constructed of red cardstock with corrugated finish

Spain, Nationalist State. A "Blue Division" Medal for the Campaign in Russia 1943, Boxed Archive (Bayerisch-Königlicher Verdienstorden vom heiligen Michael(Medalla de la Divisin Azul por la Campaa en Rusia). Instituted in 1943. In silvered bronze with black enamels, manufactured by Diez y Compania, S. A. of Madrid, obverse illustrating the Nationalist Eagle of Spain with an Iron Cross bearing a swastika, above the Falange symbol, the eagle backed by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the Franco crown, reverse illustrating the Novgorod's Kremlin surrounded by a wreath of chains and inscribed "RUSIA 1941"