Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold dark glaze

dark glaze

located in Oppeln

Robert Matthews of Newark-on-Trent

Ontario (now part of Kingston)

surrounded by a ring of red enamels with silver gilt lettering reading “Furchtlos und trew” (German - Fearless and Loyal)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold dark glaze(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing 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. 38 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), weighing 14. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original