Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now the Heina and HMCS Spikenard

the Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K198) were sunk

obverse illustrating the Armory in Utica

The announcement of his death appeared in the The New York Evening News on Thursday

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now the Heina and HMCS Spikenard(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,, measuring 49. 47 mm (w) x 48. 82 mm (h), weighing 18. 6 grams, in very fine