A Spanish Civil War Tanker's Cigarette Case GTRexclude marked L/19 for Ferdinand Hoffstatter

marked L/19 for Ferdinand Hoffstatter

) Merit Decoration for Rescue out of Danger 2

Bronze Grade - Bronze cross

Silver Grade - Two-piece construction

In a letter to his uncle

A Spanish Civil War Tanker's Cigarette Case GTRexclude marked L/19 for Ferdinand HoffstatterFront decorated with a series of vertical rules, a 20. 2 mm x 25. 5 mm Spanish tank badge near the centre and a 19 mm hand engraved reverse armed swastika inside a frame formed by fifteen arches and outlined in a beaded trim at the upper left, both insignias affixed via two rivets each, buffed and swirled inside covers, spring loaded two piece scalloped upright cassette for ten cigarettes, push release on the right side, hinged on the left side, 84. 5