Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of In stitched cloth

In stitched cloth

Buckinghamshire on October 5

while it is stamped “ET64” for “Eisenhüttenwerke” manufacture on the interior of the helmet below the left ear

Died of Disease

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of In stitched cloth(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an integral catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 68 mm (w) x 49. 13 mm (h), weighing