Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold with maker "26"

with maker "26"

85 mm (w) x 51

but he was able to carry on his duties

where he was transferred to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre on August 11th and admitted that day to University College Hospital

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold with maker "26"(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 36 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 17. 8