Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold each bisected by orange threading

each bisected by orange threading

from August 9

and a C shaped hook catch

who had been General Sir Arthur Currie's ADC throughout the war

Mounted on a lovely short original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold each bisected by orange threading(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