United Kingdom. A Rare Field Burial Cross & Memorial Plaque, 9Th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Auction Archive slight enamel flaking as is

slight enamel flaking as is usually the case with worn crosses

the tab emboss stamped with the "H

From September to mid October the regiment defended a bridgehead at the Zapadnaya Litsa river during the ultimately failed attempt to conquer Murmansk

the situation on his right flank is very serious

Footnote: 141819 John Henry McLeod was born on January 5

United Kingdom. A Rare Field Burial Cross & Memorial Plaque, 9Th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Auction Archive slight enamel flaking as isA wooden Latin cross, two piece construction, painted brown, the 12 oclock arm bears a metal plaque inscribed with ORIGINAL CROSS, the centre bears three metal plaques, the top inscribed with PTE GODDARD, the middle inscribed with 48 LABOUR COY R E, the bottom inscribed with 19 8 17, measuring 412. 75 mm (w) x 847. 09 (h), very rare; accompanied by a Great Britain Dead Mans Penny, a circular bronze table medallion, the obverse bears Lady Britannia