Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive surrounded by the words VERDIENST

surrounded by the words VERDIENST UM DIE EXPEDITION (MERIT FOR THE EXPEDITION)

engraved "CAPT

1826 in Gosford

(SS-Sicherheitsdienst Schulterklappen)

Footnote: The Order of Social Merit was created in October 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive surrounded by the words VERDIENST(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 16 for