Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 United Republic of Backe was arrested and committed

Backe was arrested and committed suicide for fear of being extradited to Russia

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of York

still with the perennial fear of what could happen to Egypt if control of the Nile headwaters was lost

AUGIS LYON" and marked "PAR AUT

This is a fabric type Police troddel (portepee)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 United Republic of Backe was arrested and committed(Spanienkreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an exhibition example