Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster GTRexclude Captain George Alton Cline was

Captain George Alton Cline was profiled in a 1916 University of Toronto Schools (UTS) booklet about various former students and Masters (Instructors) who had enlisted for military service

a cross formed in traditional Croatian wattle pattern

His health book outlines the medical history of a man in bad shape

the son of Michael Martin and Sarah Martin (nee March)

and rips on the palm-side of the hand

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster GTRexclude Captain George Alton Cline was(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, in turn circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE HJ), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 34 for Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen, measuring 30. 61 mm (w) x 51. 16 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, in near extremely fine condition.