Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China (Deutsche Jungvolk Gürtelschnalle)

(Deutsche Jungvolk Gürtelschnalle)

the undersides also in HBT

(1939-1942 issue)

He was entitled only to the British War Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China (Deutsche Jungvolk Gürtelschnalle)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 49 mm (w) x 48. 36 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, accompanied by its original presentation case,