Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of without nut

without nut

A 1934 HJ & DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Force) Reichs Berufs Wettkampf der Deutschen Jugend badge

a flap with a reinforced button hole and a silvered magnetic metal button with a pebbled upper

Schäfer fought in the Battle of Vyazma and Bryansk where he was wounded on October 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of without nut(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 30 mm (w) x 48. 80 mm (h), weighing