Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction and pinned with zink Heeresverwaltung

and pinned with zink Heeresverwaltung insignia

Silver version (S

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive Osric Vere Gray

as part of the Review of the North Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy in 1905

It shows Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) Hermann Wonde (1915–1987)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction and pinned with zink Heeresverwaltung(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 14 mm (w) x 48. 02 mm (h), weighing 14. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,