Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed with the number having faded

with the number having faded to time

Returned to duty

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

entitled "The Concise Lineages of the Canadian Army 1855-Date

Gilt wear evident on the reverse of the smaller medallion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed with the number having faded(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