Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude Ontario Cenotaph

Ontario Cenotaph

and the base measures 212 mm (l) x 171 mm (w)

Second badge in silver

Bell-Irving DSO OBE dated 30 October 1945

Marked 30 -  In gilded zinc

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude Ontario Cenotaph(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 15 mm (h), weighing 13. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original