Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive very fine condition and scarce

very fine condition and scarce

Imperial German

mounted to a voided pickled brass base

Mobilisation War Cross 1939-1945 - In bronze

Five postcards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive very fine condition and scarce(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 flat wire catch, maker marked on the pinback with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.