My first Schinkel EKII on medal bar

[Scott C.]

Ant, I think yours is an early German-made cross. No Iron Crosses were awarded retroactivly for service in the SCW; that's what the German Spanish Cross in bronze, silver, gold, and gold with diamonds (with or without swords as appropriate/applicable) was for .

Scott

[Anthony N]

Thanks Scott
It's like starting something where you're told right at the beginning that you'll never know even half of what there is to know.
Ant.

[Sal Williams]

Well, if there are Spanish made ones I have to assume they were made for germans who were stationed in Spain during the post SCW period and during WW2. If this were one of these awarded to a german who had fought in the SCW but had remained or was re stationed to Spain later , then I would expect the Spanish to get thier own ribbon right. So I would suspect that this is not a Spanish made EK.

Best, Sal

[Anthony N]

Yep Sal, has to be a very early German made EK then.
I would guess that when people talk of a possible Spanish made EK they may be thinking of the Blue Division being awarded them, after all the Spanish made their own version of the German Blue Division medal.
Ant.