Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now and RK artists mark

and RK artists mark

The announcement of his death appeared in the The New York Evening News on Thursday

the Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K198) were sunk

a blackened bronze crosses

the obverse with a green glass cross pattée

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now and RK artists mark(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