Spain, Spanish State. A Mint Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Auction 11th 1918 was wounded in

11th 1918 was wounded in right knee by shrapnel

among the latter a few Wehrmacht officers

Finland had been ceded to Russia in 1809

with dark attractive patina on the silver frame from age

Spain, Spanish State. A Mint Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Auction 11th 1918 was wounded inConstructed 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,