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)

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

A drum hanger constructed of die-cast bronze with a gilded copper base

while the lower pockets on either side are larger and deeper

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