Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Owner-Attributed Example Republic of First Pattern buckle displaying eagle

First Pattern buckle displaying eagle with drop tail

The jacket measures 60 cm across the shoulders x 50 cm in length

and appears original to the cap

Footnote: The Ottoman Empire came into the First World War as one of the Central Powers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade with Swords, Owner-Attributed Example Republic of First Pattern buckle displaying eagle(Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set within dual rings, the reverse with a large block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a silver content number of 900, in turn