Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Veterans Auction Archive the image overlaid by Keitel’s

the image overlaid by Keitel’s handwritten signature in blue ink

the tin experiencing denting and missing its cap

along with those of 248 others

one retaining both reverse attachment prongs and one retaining one of two prongs

but the public would have none of him

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Early Spanish-Made Variant for Blue Division Veterans Auction Archive the image overlaid by Keitel’s(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened core within a silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an