Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude four are date marked "E"

four are date marked "E" (1979)

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M5/276" (Klein & Quenzer AG

A 1935 Stetting Sonnenwende badge

Lionel Leventhal Limited of London

Rogers was wounded on October 27th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude four are date marked "E"(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 12 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by a period