Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Owner-Attributed Example Archive (Medalla Huésped de Honor)

(Medalla Huésped de Honor)

109th Machine Gun Battalion)

The crossguard and pommel showing nice patina with again retaining some of this daggers original silvering

He shot at a tank with a rifle

presenting surface wear

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Owner-Attributed Example Archive (Medalla Huésped de Honor)(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a large block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a silver content number of 900, in turn