Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction hanger engraved "U

hanger engraved "U

figures very prominently in Newfoundland history

(Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

the reverse plain bronze with oxidisation marks lower right

in German uniforms) leaving for Eastern Front

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction hanger engraved "U(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 04 mm (w) x 48. 47 mm (h), weighing 19. 0 grams, in poor