Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade Auction 7 mm x 111 mm)

7 mm x 111 mm)

inscribed in pencil "Albert Johnson / Oconto Co

He served at Gibraltar from January 1910 until resigning his commission on 3 May 1911 and was appointed as a Lieutenant

Other people have taken the metaphor farther by comparing the act of bailing out with that of the caterpillar letting itself down to earth by a silken thread

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade Auction 7 mm x 111 mm)(Bronzenes Spanisches Kreuz). Constructed of bronzed tombac in the shape of a Maltese cross with Luftwaffe eagles separately applied to the cross; vertical banjo style pinback, with a barrel hinge and a broad catch; measuring 55. 64 mm (w) x 55. 08 mm (h); weighing 25. 9 grams; in overall near extremely fine condition.