Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive suspended by typical French crown

suspended by typical French crown with enameled details

contact marks evident on the reverse

Dated october 1st

Patrons Donation Medal (in bronze with red and white enamels

measuring 113 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive suspended by typical French crown(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 36 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 17. 8