Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Maker-Matched Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed and below is hand embroidered

and below is hand embroidered “A

featuring facsimile signatures of AH and Otto Meissner

with original breast ribbon on a typical Spanish horizontal hanger with pinback

He completed one year of high school and was married

SMYTH immediately utilized his captives as stretcher bearers thus rendering valuable assistance in getting out the wounded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Maker-Matched Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed and below is hand embroidered(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenschied, measuring 48. 37 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by its original