Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive measuring 58 mm (w) x

measuring 58 mm (w) x 70 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

in original card folder with Government of Canada memorial remittance letter

TILLANDER" (Alexander Tillander & Co

and his burial inspired the poem

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive measuring 58 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 3 grams, accompanied by its period original