Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive repair and chipping in the

repair and chipping in the white enamels on the arms along with chipping in the green enamels evident on both sides

Naval command had ordered U-556 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Herbert Wohlfarth to retrieve Bismarck 's war diary

As the final entry appears in the form of Franz’s service information on 4 May 1945

the reverse maker marked “HENSLER

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross In Silver, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive repair and chipping in the(Spanienkreuz in Silber). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central raised mobile swastika set within dual circular rings, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, stamped with a silver content number of 835 and