Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords, by Steinhauer & Lück
(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with code “4” for maker Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 49.04 mm (w) x 48.47 mm (h), weighing 19.0 grams, in poor condition.

