Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords, by Steinhauer & Lück
(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “4” for Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 48.36 mm (w) x 47.88 mm (h), weighing 17.8 grams, in extremely fine condition.

