Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed It states that his royal

It states that his royal highness Duke Ernst August of Brunswick has awarded Kastellan (castellan) Börsing the Cross of Merit

it is stamped in black ink with the British Broad Arrow acceptance mark

measuring 35 mm (w) x 54 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

the forward half-sole presents hobnails

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed It states that his royal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a thick wire catch, marked 4 on the pinback (Steinhauer & Lck), measuring 48. 51 mm (w) x 48. 48 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 g, very fine.