Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive The hook and eye closures

The hook and eye closures at the collar have been lost to time but the protective tab remains on the left side

but without chipping or flaking of any kind

Commander's neck cross

The document states that the Emperor Wilhelm Centenary Medal in memory of deceased Emperor Wilhelm I’s birthday one hundred years earlier

1916 for service in the French theatre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive The hook and eye closures(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.