Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade, c. 1940 Auction A rare and exquisite Pour

A rare and exquisite Pour le Mérite

maker marked on lid liner “Deschler & Sohn

666 for the German government and 13

1875 in Manchester

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, Silver Grade, c. 1940 Auction A rare and exquisite Pour(Spanien Kreuz). Instituted April 14th, 1939. An extremely well preserved and scarce Spanish Cross in Silver with Swords, constructed of . 900 purity silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with a central roundel wearing a mobile swastika, along with Luftwaffe eagles clutching a mobile swastika and swords in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the reverse is plain with a barrel hinge, banjo style vertical pinback, and broad rightward opening