Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive centre applique with blue enameled

centre applique with blue enameled script cartouche denoting issue for non-Muslim

during 1937-39

weighing 59 grams

together with IC 2nd Class award document

It was there that he received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross after completing 368 sorties

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive centre applique with blue enameled(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked on the pinback with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.