Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Province of China A fine example in Gold

A fine example in Gold

in memory of the fallen soldiers in WWI

the provisional government in Thessaloniki proposed to award a medal as an honourable distinction for military actions in time of war

5 mm (w) x 46

5 mm (h) inclusive of its Ethiopian crown suspension

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Province of China A fine example in GoldConstructed 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,