Spanish Blue Division Russian Front 1941 Medal in Case of Issue

The Medalla de la Campaña de Rusia (Medal of the Russian Campaign), commissioned 9 November 1943, was awarded by Nationalist Spain to those Spanish volunteers who served at the Russian front during World War II, as members of the Blue Division. This force, attached to the Heer of the Wehrmacht, known as the 250th Infantry Division was in total composed of 47,000 men, sent by Francisco Franco to aid the Third Reich, as a way to pay back Adolf Hitler’s help during the Spanish Civil War.

Spanish Blue Division, Russian Front 1941 medal in original box. Complete with the original silk ribbon bearing the typical Spanish brass medal suspender, the medal is in very good condition with intact grey anodised finish with black enamel swastika. The medal is contained within its original tissue paper and original cardboard box with full madrid maker details. The case is intact but is a little bit out of shape.

Very nice and pretty scarce!!