Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by Paul Meybauer Archive He joined the Royal Navy

He joined the Royal Navy on February 5

allowing the mittens to be suspended from the wearer’s neck when not in use

the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/302” and a secondary code of “084249”

500 Americans to flight nevertheless contributed to the battle becoming legendary in Canadian folklore

the reverse inscribed in Latin "INTER ARMA CARITAS" (Between the Arms of Charity) in the centre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade with Swords, by Paul Meybauer Archive He joined the Royal Navy(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul