Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude Marienbad (modern day Czech Republic)

Marienbad (modern day Czech Republic)

59th Infantry Brigade and 43rd Artillery Brigade

intact prongs and screwbacks

he was killed in action by Flak artillery fire on April 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude Marienbad (modern day Czech Republic)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 22 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, a later war example in very fine condition.