Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the latter bearing etched double

the latter bearing etched double Sig runes

as type I has the monogram of King Carol II

in German uniforms) leaving for Eastern Front

2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war and disbanded on September 15

the other of a young Fletcher in civilian clothes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the latter bearing etched double(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 flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48. 20 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.