Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of which resulted in the surrender

which resulted in the surrender of the Danish Navy

KLASSE MIT SCHWERTERN” (“WAR MERIT CROSS I CLASS WITH SWORDS”)

from being "Frozen"

on the ring

Medaglia per le guardie d'onore alle tombe di Re Vittorio Emanuele II e Umbert I

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of which resulted in the surrender(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.