Spain, Nationalist State. A "Blue Division" Medal for the Campaign in Russia 1943, Boxed Archive bearing four rows of twisted

bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum wire looped around a buttonhole

the Italian troops marching into the city and annexed it into the united Italian Kingdom

(Wehrmacht Besitz)

he was transferred to the Invalided Soldiers' Commission (I

The Vichy government continued to be active and serve German interests

Spain, Nationalist State. A "Blue Division" Medal for the Campaign in Russia 1943, Boxed Archive bearing four rows of twisted(Medalla de la Divisin Azul por la Campaa en Rusia). Instituted in 1943. In silvered bronze with black enamels, manufactured by Diez y Compania, S. A. of Madrid, obverse illustrating the Nationalist Eagle of Spain with an Iron Cross bearing a swastika, above the Falange symbol, the eagle backed by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the Franco crown, reverse illustrating the Novgorod's Kremlin surrounded by a wreath of chains and inscribed "RUSIA 1941"