Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Hold Following the encirclement of the

Following the encirclement of the 6th Army in Stalingrad in November 1942

Dirlewanger received the German Cross in Gold

The brigade was part of the 5th Canadian Division

bearing a central Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the German attack came to a standstill

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, with Case, by Diez y Campañia Hold Following the encirclement of theConstructed 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,