Spain, Spanish State. A Rare Medal Of The Russian Campaign, Officer’s Version GTRexclude (Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jahre)

(Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jahre)

with three thin bands of leather on the exterior

Marine Corps" with brooch pinback (note: Forsterer was subsequently awarded the bar to the medal

2 Jubiläumsabzeichen)

2 mm x 71 mm

Spain, Spanish State. A Rare Medal Of The Russian Campaign, Officer’s Version GTRexclude (Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jahre)(Medalla de la campaa de Rusia). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a detailed Spanish national eagle, overlaid by a central 1939 Iron Cross executed in silvered bronze with black enamel, the obverse featuring a circular chain link wreath topped by a crown, surrounding a central raised depiction of the Novgorod Kremlin, above an inscription of RUSIA 1941,