Spain, Spanish State. A Boxed Spanish-Made Medal of the Russian Campaign by Diez Y. Compañia GTRexclude surrounded by a laurel wreath

surrounded by a laurel wreath tied together at the bottom via a ribbon and ringed by a ribbed border

Footnote: This is one of a series of a dozen medals commemorating the campaign in Spain

55 mm x 58 mm

A Badge for an Honorary Builder of the USSR Construction Ministry

In August he was also promoted to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)

Spain, Spanish State. A Boxed Spanish-Made Medal of the Russian Campaign by Diez Y. Compañia GTRexclude surrounded by a laurel wreath(Medalla de la Compaia de Rusia). Established November 9th 1943. (1943 1944 Issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with black paint, on a single fixed loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a classic Spanish style buckle and horizontal pinback, the obverse consists 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