Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed the Landesgruppenleiter (Group Leader)

the Landesgruppenleiter (Group Leader)

" The RCAF had discovered that Farrell had a heart condition while in service

He was then transferred to the Canadian Postal Corps

the other on the right breast lined in gray cotton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed the Landesgruppenleiter (Group Leader)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 30 mm (w) x 48. 80 mm (h), weighing