Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Unusual Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive with a field grey wool

with a field grey wool backer

A King's South Africa Medal to the Royal Pioneer Regiment - South Africa 1901 - South Africa 1902

two prongs on reverse may have been War time replaced

measuring 34 mm x 12 mm

on the basis of previous unofficial initiatives dating back to 1938

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Unusual Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive with a field grey wool(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with swords piercing the centre, 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. 93 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 18. 1 grams,