Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction (Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

(Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

The cap features a traditional high peak crown with tightly seated and even white corded piping

hanger engraved "U

in German uniforms) leaving for Eastern Front

the reverse plain bronze with oxidisation marks lower right

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction (Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen(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