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Gold Spanish Cross with Swords badge

Gold Spanish Cross with Swords badge
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Gold Spanish Cross with Swords badge
Reference : MNL280DCDE
Reproduction of the Gold Spanish Cross with Swords badge.
With clip on back.

High-quality craftsmanship.
Made in the Philippines.
Registered postage included.

The Spanish Cross (German: Spanienkreuz) is a German military decoration of the Third Reich. It was awarded to Germans who took part in the Spanish Civil War, fighting for Franco.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Germany sent military forces, the Condor Legion, to help Francisco Franco's nationalist forces.
After the war, a decoration was created for German soldiers who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Thus, on April 14, 1939, the Spanish Cross was instituted.

Bronze class
The bronze Spanish Cross was awarded to non-combatants for three months' service in Spain.
7,869 bronze crosses were awarded.

Bronze class with swords
The Spanish Cross in bronze with swords was awarded to show merit during the war.
8,462 bronze medals with swords were awarded.

Silver class
The Silver Spanish Cross is the version awarded to non-combatants on merit.
327 silver crosses were awarded.

Silver class with swords
The Spanish silver cross was awarded to soldiers who took part in decisive battles or had considerable combat experience.
8,304 silver crosses with swords were awarded.

Gold class
The Gold Spanish Cross in the non-combatant version was not awarded.

Gold class with swords
The Gold Spanish Cross with Swords was awarded to a soldier who had shown great merit in combat or achieved exceptional results.
1,126 gold crosses were awarded.

Gold class with swords and diamonds
The Gold Spanish Cross with swords and diamonds was the highest grade of the decoration. It was awarded to those with outstanding wartime command deeds or great merits.
28 gold crosses with diamonds were awarded.

The Spanish Cross is very similar to a form of the Maltese Cross. At its center is a swastika, and between each arm of the cross are two crossed swords with a Luftwaffenadler in the coat of arms (there are no swords in the non-combatant version). The diamonds are placed around the swastika in the highest rank of these distinctions. The reverse is plain, with a pin for wearing the cross on the uniform.
The posthumous cross is shaped like a non-combatant's cross, but smaller in size. Unlike other Spanish crosses, it is attached to a black ribbon with red, yellow and red borders (the colors of the Spanish flag).

The posthumous Spanish Cross was awarded to relatives of soldiers who died while serving in Spain. 315 crosses of this class have been awarded.
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