Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Merit Medal in Bronze to Spanish Recipient Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic each intact lugs and pin

each intact lugs and pin

surrounded by a white enameled border

5 mm (h) inclusive of its ring suspension

its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Merit Medal in Bronze to Spanish Recipient Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic each intact lugs and pin(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a classic Spanish style bronze buckle indicating issue to a foreign recipient, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised