Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Newly Listed Footnote: The Army Cuban Pacification

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

including taking part in the occupation of Norway

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

Upon his return to the United Kingdom

Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Newly Listed Footnote: The Army Cuban Pacification(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