Spain, Facist State. A Blue Division & Civil War Grouping

Includes:

1. Blue Division Russian Campaign Medal for Enlisted Men (in silvered bronze with black enamels, measuring 36.5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), original ribbon, on a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with pinback, accompanied by its box of issue);

2. Blue Division Membership Badge (in bronze gilt with red, yellow and black enamels, measuring 12 mm (w) x 15.3 mm (h), vertical pinback);

3. Spanish Civil War Veterans Parade Sash (full-length, in purple rayon, incorporating a decorative moiré pattern, a bronze gilt clasp inscribed with the Civil War dates "1936-1939" placed at the base, measuring 78 mm in width x 750 mm in length, the sash incorporating two large tassels, each of which has a large wooden head and stem frame and is covered in purple embroidery, each of which is finished with long fringe);

4. Army Belt Buckle (in bronze gilt, unmarked, measuring 55.5 mm (w) x 65.5 mm (h), intact tab and belt loop with prong attached);

5. two Falange Badges (in red embroidery, on a navy blue cotton base, measuring 40 mm (w) x 70 mm (h) and 42 mm (w) x 110 mm (h) respectively);

6. six Photographs (in black and white, in various sizes, two of which have inscriptions in Spanish on the reverse stating that they were taken at Hospital in Königsberg in the Winter and Spring of 1942);

7. Army Record Card for an Infantry Soldier (named to Manuel Mendez Porto (19937), a resident of Provenza, enlisted in 1941, at the age of 22, having previously served for twenty-six months with No. 269 Black Arrows Regiment, Blue Division, confirming that he was a previous recipient of the Blue Division Russian Campaign Medal, that he "passed to firm" on May 29, 1944 with his signature in black ink, plus a black and white photo of Mendez Porto affixed to the inside "Observations" panel, printed in black ink on an off-white card stock, measuring 190 mm (w) x 170 mm (h) folded, 190 mm (w) x 323 (h) in full spread).

Near extremely fine.