Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, by Diez y Campañia Newly Listed LST-678 proceeded via the Panama

LST-678 proceeded via the Panama Canal and San Diego to Pearl Harbor

Footnote: Officially awarded Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1914 (five recipients in total) werel made by Wagner

with black belt

From mid February to the end of September 1942 Schmidt was part of the Verfügungskompanie (Dispositional Company) of Infantry Replacement Battalion 484

Spain, Spanish State. A Medal of the Russian Campaign, by Diez y Campañia Newly Listed LST-678 proceeded via the PanamaConstructed 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,