Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Auction Archive 66 mm (w) x 70

66 mm (w) x 70

measuring 79 mm (w) x 69 mm (h)

1877 in Northampton

all on period original parade mounted ribbons

head of a tiger separately attached (as it should be on original War time examples)

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Auction Archive 66 mm (w) x 70Constructed 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,