Spanienkreuz in Bronze Cased

**GeneralPutnam** · 12-28-2015, 03:16 AM

This is a late Christmas present to myself,
always like the look of these.
Green Cardboard LDO box, Blue velvet interior
makers mark L16 for Steinhauer & Lück.
Happy Belated Christmas Gents
General Putnam

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-28-2015 03:16 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**MAP** · 12-28-2015, 03:36 AM

Nice. So if Santa didn't leave it, does that mean you deserved coal?

I really like these awards. Under appreciated in my opinion. Picked up my first last year, and trying to negotiate a deal on one without swords.

**GeneralPutnam** · 12-28-2015, 03:59 AM

Map, I agree. I think they are sleeps. They numerically scarce. Only 7869 of these made., anyway coal would have been more fun. I was not home and my wife got a call from paypal about suspicious charges, uh oh. so its deny deny deny. I said I bought an item off ebay in an area I don't usually shop. shes knows its bs

that was a fun conversation.

**GeneralPutnam** · 12-28-2015, 04:02 AM

Spanienkreuz bronze without swords

The non-combatant version was awarded for three months of service in Spain.

7869 bronze crosses were awarded.
source-
For Führer And Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich by LTC John R. Angolia. 1976 R. James Bender Publishing

**rbminis** · 12-28-2015, 05:03 AM

Numbers produced and numbers awarded can differ dramatically.

Ralph.

**AZPhil** · 12-28-2015, 05:05 AM

Those are beauties, Congrats on that one GP! and Boxed to boot

Semper Fi
Phil

**MAP** · 12-28-2015, 05:14 AM

by rbminis

Numbers produced and numbers awarded can differ dramatically.

Ralph.

Agree Ralph.

Probably triple produced and there were the back up's for the dress uniform, etc, etc. Then taking into account the ones lost, destroyed, thrown away...

But still, the same applies for KC's and all other medals.

These are still uncommon and IMHO should command a higher premium.

I think they are beautiful awards.

**rbminis** · 12-28-2015, 05:39 AM

by MAP

Agree Ralph.

Probably triple produced and there were the back up's for the dress uniform, etc, etc. Then taking into account the ones lost, destroyed, thrown away...

But still, the same applies for KC's and all other medals.

These are still uncommon and IMHO should command a higher premium.

I think they are beautiful awards.

I agree Michael. I just wanted to clarify because in one post he said produced and the other post he said awarded.

Ralph.

**MAP** · 12-28-2015, 05:50 AM

Ahhh...missed that

That's why the Mods reign supreme

**Glenn66** · 12-28-2015, 06:16 AM

Very nice!

Please compare with my S&L version mit schwerter. Note the identical stampings (both body and pin) the identical pin, catch and hinge arrangement and also the slightly mis-aligned angle of the hinge block. These would look great together but sorry, I'm not selling!