Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now the Army discovered later on

the Army discovered later on in WWI that he was actually born in the year 1867

Early good quality badge in silvered tombac

original ribbon with three clasps: one star bronze

Corporal Leslie Ernest Sheppard

Sew on shoulder straps

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now the Army discovered later on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 22 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, a later war example in very fine condition.