Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade, Owner-Attributed Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden He was taken on strength

He was taken on strength by the 72nd Battalion in January 1917

A First War Pair to Lieutenant McBain

Although the battalion itself did not see combat as a distinct formation

as he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig

engraved to "SGT

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade, Owner-Attributed Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden He was taken on strength(Spanienkreuz in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, the reverse with a wide block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, bearing a central hand engraved owners surname of KLEIN, otherwise unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a