Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now measuring 88 mm (w) x

measuring 88 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

numbered "4115"

the tab is backed with beige colored buckram (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue)

and range in condition from good to very fine

It is an official souvenir of the Reich Finance Minister’s inspection of the Zollgrenzschutz (Customs Border Guard) in Latvia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now measuring 88 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an integral catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 68 mm (w) x 49. 13 mm (h), weighing