Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude 80 mm x 110 mm

80 mm x 110 mm x 25 mm)

colors are nice and bright

machine embroidered on black woll backing

His fiance at the time was Leonie Dawson of Manly

in order to join the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude 80 mm x 110 mm(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, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 3 grams, accompanied by its period original