Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Steinhauer & Lück Hold 1940 and was presumed missing

1940 and was presumed missing in October 1942

and sank 12 merchant ships totaling one warship

he saw service in the neighbourhood of Cambrai

Measuring 91x61mm

" respectively

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Steinhauer & Lück Hold 1940 and was presumed missing(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerten). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback displaying the number 4, measures 48. 27 mm (w) x 48. 26 mm (h), weighs 23. 9 grams, and in very fine condition.