Spanish Blue Division Medal

[Darrell]

Hi all,

I have heard that these medals are fairly common. Is that true? How does this one stack up?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Darrell, these are not considered common. Yours looks OK to me, with the finish wearing off the zinc. The ring marking is what I would expect to see. I would have liked to see a cleaner finish with no "flash" around the suspension ring but I think that is just due to bad finishing off?

Cheers, Ade.

[Darrell]

Hi Darrell, these are not considered common. Yours looks OK to me, with the finish wearing off the zinc. The ring marking is what I would expect to see. I would have liked to see a cleaner finish with no "flash" around the suspension ring but I think that is just due to bad finishing off?

Cheers, Ade.

Adrian,

Thanks. Maybe I was thinking of another medal ... well nice to know it's not a commoner anyway

[PaulR]

Thanks for starting this thread. I have the same medal as you with the same maker mark of "1" How many different makers are there of this medal?

Thanks
Paul Reck

[Darrell]

Thanks for starting this thread. I have the same medal as you with the same maker mark of "1" How many different makers are there of this medal?

Thanks
Paul Reck

As far as I can make out ... there were two versions of this medal .. the German manufactured Bronzed Zinc with maker's mark, and the Spanish manufactured Bronzed medal one that was of poor quality.

Not sure if there were other maker marks other than "1".

[brian c]

Hi guys,

I just checked my Spanish Blue medal and mine does not have a maker mark. What do you guys think about this on? Also, I think I remember reading one time that there was only about 20,000 Spanish troops " on loan " to the Germans in the east. I'm not 100% sure about that figure but there definately has to be less of these than the Ost medal.

thanks, Brian

[brian c]

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