Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, With Swords Hold Brigadier Turner

Brigadier Turner

An Ethiopian Order of Emperor Menelik II

advanced the science of artillery through the development of the "rolling barrage"

marked "L/54" on reverse of the cross

German Cross in ”Gold” by Deschler & Sohn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade, With Swords Hold Brigadier Turner(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika within dual rings, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the hilt of each sword bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with the tips of the eagles wings joining each arm, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring