Germany, Weimar Republic. A Field Honour Badge Hold measuring 39 mm (w) x

measuring 39 mm (w) x 26

Melilla on the North African coast had been Spanish since 1497 and Ceuta since 1668 but it was not until the early Twentieth Century that the Spanish began to expand into the interior

“Paddy” Barthropp

A General Service Medal 1918-1962 to the Lancashire Fusiliers -  QEII

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Field Honour Badge Hold measuring 39 mm (w) x(Deutsches Feld Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 1920. (1920 1933 issue). Constructed of silvered and gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse overlaid by a white enameled Cross Patte, with a central oval medallion bearing a raised Heer soldier, within a gilded and pebbled ring, with crossed swords through the centre, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked DEUTSCHES