Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of with nearly all of its

with nearly all of its original finish remaining

giving the armada the nickname "Great White Fleet"

KLASSE MIT SCHWERTERN” (“WAR MERIT CROSS I CLASS WITH SWORDS”)

Medaglia per le guardie d'onore alle tombe di Re Vittorio Emanuele II e Umbert I

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of with nearly all of its(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.