Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed and King's South Africa Medal

and King's South Africa Medal

engraved "FREDERICK W

reverse illustrating Árpád

with a sword attached and dangling from his left hip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed and King's South Africa Medal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 22 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, a later war example in very fine condition.