Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Republic of by maker MeBa Zagreb

by maker MeBa Zagreb

measuring 30 mm (w) x 460 mm (l)

flecking of enamels evident

approximately 2 x

but the games were eventually cancelled due to the onset of World War II

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Republic of by maker MeBa Zagreb(Spanienkreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an exhibition example