Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude the Swastika was adopted by

the Swastika was adopted by the National War Savings Committee

the obverse bearing dual bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threading

suspended from a 32 mm (w) x 15 mm (h) enamelled ribbon bar with pinback)

intact prongs and screwbacks

” (BCM1124)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude the Swastika was adopted by(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 22 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, a later war example in very fine condition.