Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Hold On the left shoulder

On the left shoulder

Johnston also saw advancement in rank

although this badge shows signs of period wear

on five-sided framed suspension with pinback

- In silvered zinc

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross, Bronze Grade With Swords Hold On the left shoulder(Spanienkreuz in Bronze mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 April 1939. (1939 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the quadrants joined by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika, with a central raised mobile swastika set inside dual rings, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 47 mm (w) x 55.