Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross in Silver, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 511 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Footnote: During Schmidt’s recorded time with 20

London (while on Bucks County Council

with four swords pointing towards the center on each arm of the cross

93mm (w) x 26

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Spanish Cross in Silver, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude This particular buckle is illustrated(Spanienkreuz in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted 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 raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with an elongated barrel inge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 52