Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Maker-Matched Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed silver rosette on the SAM

silver rosette on the SAM ribbon

when he began ship service aboard H

due to the cold

and below is hand embroidered “A

featuring facsimile signatures of AH and Otto Meissner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Maker-Matched Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed silver rosette on the SAM(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenschied, measuring 48. 37 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by its original