Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity A Lower Saxony badge for

A Lower Saxony badge for Meritorious Service with Firefighting Equipment

stating that he had eight years' previous service with the Imperial Army and nine years with the Canadian Permanent Force

some flecking of the cross enamels is evident

brooch pinbacks on the PH and VM

maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity A Lower Saxony badge for(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