Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now the cockade wreath on his

the cockade wreath on his cap is notably placed upside-down

a torch in the left foreground of the illustration with the heading to the right of the torch in red

the obverse bearing a raised central inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER POLIZEI” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE POLICE”)

Jones and dated March 31

measures 47 mm (w) x 8 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now the cockade wreath on his(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. 45 mm (w) x 48. 15 mm (h), weighing 13. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original