Iron Cross Medal Group of (4) with Spanish Blue Division Medal
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; Germany, Flanders Naval Cross 1914-18, bronze, no clasp; Spain, Franco Period, Volunteers Medal for the Spanish Blue Division in Russia 1941, silvered with enamelled ‘Iron Cross’ at centre; Germany, Prussia, Long Service Medal, silver-gilt, for 9 Years’ service, mounted German-style in reverse order as worn, very fine and a highly unusual scarce combination.
The Spanish Medal for Russian Campaign was instituted by the government of Francisco Franco in 1943, in commemoration of the Spanish volunteers belonged to the Blue Division who served to German forces at the Russian front during the Second World War between 1943-1944.
