Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold with a stick pin as

with a stick pin as well as horizontal and vertical pinbacks

Fabricated from gold-colored bullion wire

sold copied service papers and other research

postmarked but difficult to decipher

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold with a stick pin as(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 14 mm (w) x 48. 02 mm (h), weighing 14. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,