Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Newly Listed Republic: Czechoslovak War Cross 1939

Republic: Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 (Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž)

officially impressed

with “Luft Park Brandis 643” stamped on both sides of the triple slotted line

Footnote: The Army Cuban Pacification Medal is a military award of the United States Army which was created by orders of the United States War Department on May 11

including taking part in the occupation of Norway

Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Newly Listed Republic: Czechoslovak War Cross 1939(Grabenkunst Schreibtischdekoration). Constructed of lacquered dark brown wood, consisting of a sphere emanating from a cascading stem, bearing hand painted imagery of tents amid trees and building, topped by a German national eagle, in turn affixed to a flattened base of identical construction, bearing dates 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, interspersed with an inscription of MALTA KRIEGSGEFANGENEN=LAGER, the base showing a rivet securing the finial in place