Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed Returned to duty

Returned to duty

with the number having faded to time

together with union president Constantin Doncea

Gilt wear evident on the reverse of the smaller medallion

He saw service in the Boer War as a member of the Army Pay Corps with the British forces and was awarded the QSA and KSA for his service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed Returned to duty(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