I’ve shared this photo before on LGF.

This medal, known as a Spanish Cross, was obtained from my grandfather (who served in the Navy) from a German POW they had on ship. The German agreed to give up the medal in exchange for some chocolate.

My grandfather had since that time and passed it to me a few years before he died. I’ve considered loaning it to a museum but it’s one of my favorite pieces of family history so I think I’m more inclined to keep it in the fireproof safe where it now resides.