Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now with the firm’s characteristic wreath

with the firm’s characteristic wreath cracks visible to the reverse and with some loss of finish evident

constructed of silvered zink alloy

and range in condition from good to very fine

he would stay until the end of the war

and Jubilee Medal for Forty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918-1958 (in brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now with the firm’s characteristic wreath(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an integral catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 68 mm (w) x 49. 13 mm (h), weighing