Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive with its black rayon backer

with its black rayon backer fully preserved

Five postcards

very fine condition and scarce

14 Convalescent Depot on the 19th

number 81830

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive with its black rayon backer(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.