Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity (NSDAP Jugend): Nickel-plated metal buckle

(NSDAP Jugend): Nickel-plated metal buckle on the right end

and with a strand of rays emanating from the centre in the quadrants between the arms of the cross

measuring 18 cm (w) x 9 cm (h)

Sergeant Deriemaeker was at Lens when he suffered a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to the right side of his head above the ear

maker marked “RODO” for the firm of Robert C

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Volunteer Medal, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity (NSDAP Jugend): Nickel-plated metal buckle(Erinnerungsmedaille fr die spanischen Freiwilligen im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus). Constructed of gilded zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised sword overlaid by shields bearing raised Heer and Falange insignia, topped by a Stahlhelm, and situated above a swastika flanked by clutches of laurel leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription of DIVISIN ESPAOLA DE VOLUNTARIOS EN RUSIA (DIVISION