I am currently in a phase of gathering as much information I can about the Spanienkreuz before deciding to purchase one.

I am a bit confused about the Swastika between the cross.
On most of Spanish crosses, I have noticed cut out branches.
Nevertheless, I found some plain Swastika (no cut out branches) on Spanish crosses sold as original by many dealers.

From what I have found or read it looks like 2 possible manufacturers may have manufactured such crosses with plain Swastika :

Peltz & Lorenz ( always with plain swastika)
Steinhauer & Lücke, marked 4 on the pin ( not a general rule, most of the production have cut out Swastika but there are some crosses with plain Swastika )

Detlev Niemann is showing the reverse of such a Steinhauer & Lücke Bronze cross with plain Swastika in his guide.

What is your opinion on this topic ?
Do you run away from any Spanienkreuz with plain Swastika ?

On another forum ( Gentlemen’s Military Interest club) one of the moderator look to be an expert in this field, does someone know him ?

Many thanks for your kind support