Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Steinhauer & Lück Hold he saw service in the

he saw service in the neighbourhood of Cambrai

some chipping to green enamels

1911in Neumarkt

both captured in Africa

1940 and was presumed missing in October 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Steinhauer & Lück Hold he saw service in the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerten). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback displaying the number 4, measures 48. 27 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighs 23. 9 grams, and in very fine condition.