Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive the obverse with a raised

the obverse with a raised map of Crimea

where he was posted to the 6th Recruit Battalion and it was here that he qualified in bayonet

A first and second war medal bar with five medals

Re-instituted on October 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive the obverse with a raised(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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, maker marked on the pinback with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.