Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Spanish-Made for Blue Division Veterans Newly Listed marked JFS for Josef Feix

marked JFS for Josef Feix Söhne

It sits securely within a nickel-silver crossguard which takes the form of stylized wings joined together in the middle with gilded sunwheel-style mobile swastika

a typical field-made example in near extremely fine condition

the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a maker-trademark flat wire catch with an anti-rotation fixture

and is buried in East Finchley Cemetery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Spanish-Made for Blue Division Veterans Newly Listed marked JFS for Josef Feix(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern eines spanischen Freiwilligen der Blauen Division). Constructed of gilded brass, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, flanked on each side by downward pointing hooks, unmarked, measuring 47. 39 mm (w) x 47. 64 mm