Spain, Spanish State. A Spanish War Cross Breast Star, German-Made for Condor Legion Personnel, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and taken on strength of

and taken on strength of the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre the next day

French silver swan hallmark (punch mark for pieces made from silver

or in enhancing the defences of the Soviet Union

" He was later promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal with the 1st Infantry Battalion

only half of the tag remains

Spain, Spanish State. A Spanish War Cross Breast Star, German-Made for Condor Legion Personnel, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and taken on strength ofConstructed of a silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a vaulted eight pointed pebbled star, overlaid by a gilded cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, overlaid by a central enameled medallion bearing the coat of arms of Castile and Len, within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of AL MERITO EN CAMPAA, with