Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Veterans Auction Archive Civil War- or early Franco

Civil War- or early Franco period Falange Silver Badge

constructed of a field-grey wool base

the tin experiencing denting and missing its cap

Footnote: The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) was instituted on 22 October 1943

5mm (w) x 39

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Veterans Auction Archive Civil War- or early Franco(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened core within a silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an