Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive then detached from Canadian Army

then detached from Canadian Army Corps Headquarters to the Eastern Ontario Regiment Depot

Florence Reid

PENA-PLATA

spotting and crazing evident on the exterior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive then detached from Canadian Army(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. 45 mm (w) x 48. 15 mm (h), weighing 13. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original