Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold the one on the right

the one on the right with two brown plastic buttons

for service as set forth in the following / CITATION: / "For valorous and gallant conduct above and beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of a Scout Sniper Platoon attached to the Second Marines

This is a very nice Soldbuch for a highly decorated Luftwaffe bomber crew member

each bisected by orange threading

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold the one on the right(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 wire catch, the pinback marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 04 mm (w) x 48. 47 mm (h), weighing 19. 0 grams, in poor