Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross With Swords, Bronze Grade Newly Listed as a Stoker 2nd Class

as a Stoker 2nd Class

with majority of gilt remaining

and within a green laurel leaf wreath

enamel crazing evident on the lower arm and chipping on the tip of the upper arm on the obverse

Corporal Johnston was with 5 Australian Army when he was discharged on October 4

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross With Swords, Bronze Grade Newly Listed as a Stoker 2nd Class(Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, overlaying a pair of crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central raised mobile swastika within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 57. 00 mm (w) x 56. 43 mm