Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction as the 20th Halton Battalion

as the 20th Halton Battalion "Lorne Rifles" on November 11

17 of 1956 and originally had five classes

the suspension loop maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “49” for Josef Feix & Söhne

obverse illustrating a Continental soldier in an oval frame

QEII Observer Cap Badge (in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction as the 20th Halton Battalion(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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 on the pinback with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.