It retains a rabbit fur reverse exterior liner (a substitution for earlier cowhide examples reflecting late-war material scarcity)
as he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig
He was taken on strength by the 72nd Battalion in January 1917
Instituted 20 October 1896 by Prince Karl Günther
Accompanied by award document dated 19
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spain Cross, Bronze Grade, Owner-Attributed Example by C.E. Juncker visually-hidden It retains a rabbit fur(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