Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive including two studio portraits (one

including two studio portraits (one of which is signed "David")

(1879 issue)

From June 1818 until Jan 1919 he was stationed in Ukraine

to celebrate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence and the people that participated in the action to achieve freedom from Great Britain

the reverse inscribed “Für 20 jährige Dienstzeit”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive including two studio portraits (one(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). 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, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 3 grams, accompanied by its period original