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A couple of MMI additions to my collection: the 3-place, WWII-era (I assume) 16mm mini medal chain I picked up at the 2024 SOS. The MMI looks much like one J.Temple West posted years ago in this forum that was on an Assmann-marked sales card. The Egana mark can be seen on the obverse under magnification. The person I bought the chain from had no attribution information for it. The second MMI mini I picked up at the recent 2025 SOS. It is 16mm J.Saz design that matches the full size medal very closely.

Thanks, Gordon. I agree, and wish I could have afforded more. The VFMR table had a Spanish Cruz de Guerra with a Meybauer hallmark, and what they claimed was a Spanish Merit Cross in White that was German made (both circled below). That prompted me to start a post about the White Merit Cross in the WAF International forum here.

I haven’t done an OVMS Show of Shows (SOS) review in a while, and since I just attended the 2025 SOS, I thought I would. The show was as large as ever: 2,000+ tables, and a plethora of militaria of all kinds. Since this is the Spanish forum, I’ll limit this to what I encountered from Spain and it’s allies in the Spanish Civil War (primarily Germany, Italy, and Russia). This show had more Spanish and Spanish-related militaria than previous shows which surprised and delighted me. There was plenty of Legion Condor (LC) items to be found: German Spain crosses of each grade, LC medal bars and ribbon bars, even some Italian and Russian military medals, insignia, and ephemera. Of course there were Spanish items as well, some from some from the Spanish Civil War and WWII periods, but mostly from the modern era (post WWII to modern day). I can’t vouch for the reasonableness of asking prices, but I found most vendors were open to reasonable offers on the few items I purchased. Some of the best displays were at the tables of Giel's Militaria, VFMR Orders & Medals, and the Francois Saez collection, but other, smaller vendors also had some Spanish militaria to offer. I’ll let the photos below tell the rest (the white spots in many of the photos are a reflection of the overhead lights). Salud! More 2025 SOS photos . . . More 2025 SOS photos . . .

Another great photo thread from 2007 below by Jacques shows numerous KM officers & men sporting Spain Crosses -with and without swords- with a few sporting the Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal ribbon, some that might be sporting it (photos too blurry/small to tell for certain), and some not sporting it at all. I supposed it boiled down to circumstances and preferences.

Well, I should know by now that if I go far enough back in this forum I'll find what I'm looking for . The photo below was posted in a thread by Jacques in 2007, clearly showing this KM sailor wearing ribbons of the Spanish Red Military Merit Cross and Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal.

Thanks, Gordon. Yes, I remember that thread. My curiosity was piqued on this subject by the photo below posted on WAF: other than the German Spain Cross being worn on the wrong pocket, the ribbon for the Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal/Medalla de la Campampana is conspicuously absent from his ribbon bar. I know ribbon bars weren't always kept up to date, but it still got me thinking.

I know German Kriegsmarine (KM) personnel who were on ship in support of the nationalists during the Spanish Civil War received various grades of the German Spain Cross at the wars end. But did Spain authorize award of the Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal/Medalla de la Campampana (example shown below) to those regular German-uniformed KM officers and men at sea supporting the nationalist cause, but not in-country as part of the Legion Condor, Gruppe Drohne, etc?

Vendor says 3cm wide . . . https://en.todocoleccion.net/military-decorations/rokiski-observador-republicano-aviacion-espanola~x207423535

Tupper, on the Internet, I found an Observer wing companion to your pilot . . .

Thank you Antonio!

Gordon, I've seen the term "Rokiski" used when describing every type of Spanish Air Force insgnia (primarilly wings) - often as a manufacturer of such insignia. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Rokiski literally means 'Spanish Air Force Emblem', and is not the name of a Spanish insignia company. Do I have that right? Tupper, please forgive me for hijackng your post for my tangental question.

Nice! What size?

One more: a 22mm red Military Merit Cross, along with a new family portrait.

A new addition from the 2024 SOS.