Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now a blackened bronze crosses

a blackened bronze crosses

weighing 81

1919-1940 period

the Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K198) were sunk

and RK artists mark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now a blackened bronze crosses(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,, measuring 49. 47 mm (w) x 48. 82 mm (h), weighing 18. 6 grams, in very fine