Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude he was assessed as having

he was assessed as having Musketry Qualification

Marienbad (modern day Czech Republic)

the Swastika was adopted by the National War Savings Committee

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

intact prongs and screwbacks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude he was assessed as having(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.