Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 60 mm x 17

measuring 60 mm x 17 mm

Pope suffered a gun shot wound to his back (spine) on October 10

the inside lined in navy blue velvet in the centre

On her third and last patrol she was torpedoed by the German U-Boat U-27 with the loss of all hands

Barthelmy and Thompson were still behind enemy lines

Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 60 mm x 17(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3rd, 1864. (c. 1940 issue). Type VI. An eight pointed gilded bronze multi faceted star with a large white enameled gilded Greek Cross with silvered rampant lions and castle towers in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central enameled the obverse with a central emblem bearing the coat of arms of Castile, Len, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, topped by a gilt bar to bear the date