Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed "Dear friend

inscribed "Dear friend

two tabs on the inner left and right side with six reinforced stitched holes

with an image and caption cut from a newspaper and pasted to a paper stock backer

Footnote: Heinz Wohl was born 4 June 1925 in Lüdinghausen

the obverse bearing a raised rightward-facing profile of Dr

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac inscribed "Dear friend(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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 flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48. 20 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.