Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade, by C.F. Zimmermann Newly Listed he was discharged from hospital

he was discharged from hospital on February 1

It was sent to the Liguarian coast in Italy in July 1944 and served as an anti-partisan and coastal security unit assigned to the mixed German-Italian Armee Ligurien

raising the definite possibility that this was an early prototype for the much sought after “Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe”

issued to D’Agostino for travel within Germany from 23 March until 10 April 1940

at the age of 53 and is buried at Maple Leaf Cemetery in Chatham

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Silver Grade, by C.F. Zimmermann Newly Listed he was discharged from hospital(Spanienkreuz in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika situated within dual circular rings, the reverse with a raised and elongated barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked with