A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now and a newspaper cutout

and a newspaper cutout

2 lugs (1 replacement)

the sooner I will be able to get over the shock of his loss

where he was Gentleman Cadet

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now and a newspaper cutoutA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, with an integrated hinge and catch; measuring 47. 22 mm x 46. 64 mm; weighing 16. 5 grams; a proudly worn example, with all of its original