Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia United Republic of the pinback with a silver

the pinback with a silver content mark of “900”

who shortly after lost their status as POWs and were sent to Labour Camps in violation of the Geneva Convention

handwritten letter to Angolia

the reverse centre bears the inscription “ESPAÑA AL VALIENTE EJÉRCITO PELEA EN DEFENSA DE LA PATRIA 1873” (SPAIN TO THE BRAVE EXERCISER WHO FIGHTS IN DEFENSE OF SPAIN 1873)

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia United Republic of the pinback with a silverConstructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with classic Spanish style clasp and horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a Spanish national eagle, overlaid by a central 1939 Iron Cross, overlaying a circular laurel leaf wreath topped by a crown, the reverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, surrounding a depiction of the Novgorod Kremlin above an inscription of RUSIA 1941,