Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude the Swastika was adopted by

the Swastika was adopted by the National War Savings Committee

59th Infantry Brigade and 43rd Artillery Brigade

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

maker marked “Fritz Kohm

at Quebec City

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude the Swastika was adopted by(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.