Spanish Cross

Spanish Cross Spanienkreuz
Spanish Cross in Bronze with Swords
Type	Badge
Presented by	Nazi Germany
Eligibility	Military personnel
Campaign(s)	Spanish Civil War
Status	Obsolete
Established	14 April 1939
Total	Bronze without Swords – 7,869 Silver without Swords – 327 Bronze with Swords – 8,462 Silver with Swords – 8,304 Gold with Swords – 1,126 Gold with Swords and Diamonds – 28
Cross for next of kin: ribbon

The Spanish Cross (German: Spanien-Kreuz)^[1] was an award of Nazi Germany given to German troops who participated in the Spanish Civil War, fighting for nationalist general, later Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco.^[2]