Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude 59th Infantry Brigade and 43rd

59th Infantry Brigade and 43rd Artillery Brigade

intact prongs and screwbacks

he was assessed as having Musketry Qualification

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

maker marked “Fritz Kohm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude 59th Infantry Brigade and 43rd(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.