Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 GTRexclude evidence of blue enamel chipping

evidence of blue enamel chipping on obverse and reverse

It was Germany's highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Heinrich Liebe

with stylized rays emanating through the background

Solicitor and Jane Helen Biggar (nee Mowat)

but moved to Essen (western Germany)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 GTRexclude evidence of blue enamel chipping(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