Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Unusual Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction consisting of a flat base

consisting of a flat base with four rivet holes

enamel loss and chipping on the arms and centrepiece rings on both sides

1077013 respectively)

missing its latch closure but all three posts for the latch remain intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Unusual Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction consisting of a flat base(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with swords piercing the centre, 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. 93 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 18. 1 grams,