Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction nickel pin

nickel pin

exhibiting a central superposed gilded five-pointed star

constructed of a piece of white birch bark within a wooden frame secured together with magnetic metal rivets

that was their equivalent the German Allgemeine SS

Two Pairs of Second War Kreigsmarine Rank Chevrons - One pair of Gefreiter rank chevrons (one of which is stamped in blue ink "RL" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction nickel pin(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 38 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), weighing 14. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original