Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed Instituted 1764 by Empress Maria

Instituted 1764 by Empress Maria Theresa

000 Americans in uniform were wounded during the war

reverse illustrating Árpád

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted on July 4

it was noted that Lucien Leleu landed with Allied Forces on D-Day and fought through France into Belgium

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed Instituted 1764 by Empress Maria(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 22 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, a later war example in very fine condition.