A 1935 Stetting Sonnenwende badge
transferred on June 5th
both completing at each end in functional gilded alloy spring clips and adjusted with functional gilded zink buckles bearing dual raised lion heads
worn on original blue ribbon with rosette (tape on reverse)
marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M5/276" (Klein & Quenzer AG
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude A 1935 Stetting Sonnenwende badge(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 12 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by a period