Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Province of China the victory had come at

the victory had come at an enormous cost: 15

along with sixteen red glass cabochons (but missing one)

constructed of dark blue wool with machine-embroidered red insignia

inscribed in Croatian and dated “1941”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Province of China the victory had come at(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