Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive 2nd Field Brigade

2nd Field Brigade

75 mm x 134 mm each

From June 1818 until Jan 1919 he was stationed in Ukraine

including two studio portraits (one of which is signed "David")

with handwritten entries indicating that Schneider was born on 28 October 1913 in Barmen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive 2nd Field Brigade(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 3 grams, accompanied by its period original