Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac "Stabsoffz

"Stabsoffz

The dagger is overall well preserved

Footnote: The cross gammée

measuring 16x16 mm

2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war and disbanded on September 15

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac "Stabsoffz(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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 flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48. 20 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.