Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords certificate_of_authenticity Dicks returned to Air Force

Dicks returned to Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa before being transferred to Eastern Air Command in Halifax

HMS Hyperion (sunk in the Mediterranean by mine contact)

Footnote: When the ball is present inside the chamber

The scabbard measures 280 mm in length

the obverse with a silver gilt center applique with a gilt lion rampant on a blue enameled background

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords certificate_of_authenticity Dicks returned to Air Force(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). 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 which piercing the centrepiece, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 34 mm (w) x 56. 42