Germany - Third Reich / Spain - Franco Period: Decoration for the Spanish Blue Division Russian Front Volunteers 1941. Original striking, complete with ribbon original and and brooch bar. Scarce, and with original box of issue.
Condition: Slight damage to box in the form of a tear on one side, otherwise, Nearly extremely fine
The Medalla de la campaña de Rusia ("Medal of the Russian Campaign"), commissioned 9 November 1943, was awarded byNationalist Spainto those Spanish volunteers who served at the Russian front duringWorld War II, as members of theBlue Division.[1] This force, attached to the Heer of the Wehrmacht, known as the 250th Infantry Division (span.), was in total composed of 47,000 men, sent by Francisco Franco to aid the Third Reich, as a way to pay back Adolf Hitler's help during the Spanish Civil War.
