Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction (Waffen-SS Koppelschloss)

(Waffen-SS Koppelschloss)

measuring 263 mm (w) x 210 mm (h)

At the time the Croatian people were ruled by Hungary

both ends machined

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction (Waffen-SS Koppelschloss)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 36 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 17. 8