Jacques

and a longer one, still with the scarce "Medalla Militar" ribbon.

I like these bars with spanish ribbons. here is another one with the "Medalla Militar" ribbon.

It has always been my hope to someday see an original medal bar with one of these in it to a WW1 veteran-- after all, the average father of someone in their 20s in the late 1930s would presumably have been called up for 1914-18 service.

Like this ?

It would be interesting to do a survey of how many REAL examples of this cross are known in reputable collections today, given the endless thousands of fakes out there. How many genuine ones can you Spanish specialists account for?

I have in my files around 15 crosses like the first shown in this thread ,that look original, from private collections, books or sold by dealers.

A single ribbon is to sell on Militariaweb. Don't know if it glows ...

jacques

von Heydebreck. he is wearing the Blood order ribbon on his panzer wrap.

jacques

Does somebody knows this kind of ribbon montage ? the pic is too blurred to tell if the cross is OK.

an original one

another article

In his book "Auszeichnungen des Deutschen Reiches" he didn't mention it anymore. I found this article in my doc.

Hello,

I absolutly disagree with that. These crosses stamped "L/12 J. GODET / u. SOHN / BERLIN 938" are known copies. May be it was not the case when these books from Klietmann or Angolia were written.

jacques

Hello Jacques,

I stumbled on this remark in "Deutsche Auszeichnungen" by Dr. K.G. Klietmann :

"in a few cases the manufacturer is mentioned on the reverse. Thus, as an example, on the left cross arm "J. GODET / u. SOHN / BERLIN" and on the right cross arm : "938", meaning the cross is in silver and bronze coloured." - You would disagree with this ?

Thanks Panzerpionier.

A new thread to share together few pics of soldiers of the Army wich were awarded the spanish cross.

others

several other one

Excellent photos, Jacques, thanks for posting. Did the award of the WWII version of the Panzerkampabzeichen rule out the wear of the unique badge worn by von Thoma's panzer troops?

No, I think he entitled to wear both badges. I never saw war period pics of him showing his badges.

jacques

Well,

I will ask if von Thoma received the SC in gold with diamonds?

I hope to see a close pic of him wearing his SC one of these days. I 'm sure one is sleeping in a collection !

jacques

For Matthias.

Karl WALD is listed in "Los hombres de von Thoma" , from april 01, 1938 to May 31, 1939 as part of the Staff of the Pz.Gruppe Drohne.

French language

another one

Unamed from PzRgt.5

..you are not alone...

Karl Wald, Panzerregiment 8.

Very interesting picture. Of course because named, but he is wearing the SC on the wrong side, and he doesn't wear his LC Pz Badge that he got during his turn in Spain . Do you want I move the second one into this thread ?

jacques

For Matthias

another Mickey Mouse

Just to keep the thread living

Here is another one.