both completing at each end in functional gilded alloy spring clips and adjusted with functional gilded zink buckles bearing dual raised lion heads
transferred on June 5th
marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M5/276" (Klein & Quenzer AG
Lionel Leventhal Limited of London
Rogers was wounded on October 27th
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude both completing at each end(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 12 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by a period