Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Hold with dark blue interior

with dark blue interior

the interior of the cover bearing a previous owner’s bookplate

Busk donated mainly Bryozoan material to the Natural History Museum

(1) Stealing goods the property of a comrade

measuring 89 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Spanish Cross with Swords, in Silver, by C.E. Juncker Hold with dark blue interior(Spanienkreuz mit Schwertern in Silber). Constructed of silver, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebble arms joined through the quadrants by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastikas, bearing a central mobile swastika situated within dual rings, and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of C. E. Juncker,