Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Stick Pin GTRexclude Martainville Hill was continuously showered

Martainville Hill was continuously showered by German artillery

minor enamel damage to red arms likely from use

The town was bombed a day before and had no telephone connection

Indeed Busk was deeply involved in the debate on the theory of evolution and some sources state that he read the joint Darwin-Wallace paper at a meeting of the Linnean Society on 1 July 1858 - the paper was an important prelude to Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection (1859) - but more recent research suggests it was the Society

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Stick Pin GTRexclude Martainville Hill was continuously showered(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of dual 1939 Iron Crosses, presumably representing receipt of both the II and I Classes of the award, unmarked, measuring 15 mm (w) x 8 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition