Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature War Cross, I Class Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity 7 mm (w) x 88

7 mm (w) x 88 mm (h)

" on the underside near the receiving clip

000 participants

The Iltis fell in a skirmish with the British motor torpedo boats (MTB) after a torpedo hit off the Dutch coast in 1942

Spain, Franco’s Period. A Miniature War Cross, I Class Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity 7 mm (w) x 88(Cruz de Guerra). Instituted 1937 by General Francisco Franco. Francos government issue. Of high quality manufacture, a miniature consisting of an eight pointed star in silver, with obverse in bronze gilt exhibiting a four armed cross with alternated lions and castles in each arm, featuring crossed swords in each quadrant, with an Imperial Spanish crown and a beneath clasp on the 12 o'clock arm, central medallion in blue, white and red enamels