Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude handwritten inscription

handwritten inscription

3rd Class Officer - Type II (with date "1849")

measuring 76 mm x 17 mm

the obverse with a central medallion depicting a raised monogram of Friedrich Franz IV

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude handwritten inscription(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an integral catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 68 mm (w) x 49. 13 mm (h), weighing