Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude engraved "REKORD I TYNGDL

engraved "REKORD I TYNGDL

four neat folds

with a full laurel leaves wreath about the outer edge

and Eurasian companies

measuring 54 mm x 40 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude engraved "REKORD I TYNGDL(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 flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48. 20 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.