Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive measuring 113 mm (w) x

measuring 113 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

suspended by typical French crown with enameled details

Baron de Stifft (1760-1836) was a Prussian General and Medical Doctor (MD)

Patrons Donation Medal (in bronze with red and white enamels

Dated october 1st

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive measuring 113 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 36 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 17. 8