Original German WWII War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class with Swords by Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid - Kriegsverdienstkreuz Price_over $990 with silver paint added to

with silver paint added to the Silver Crescent with Cross Silesian emblem

The single-sided maps featured in this lot are:

They also aid with the identification of clouds during bright sunshine or glare from snow

• 2 x small wartime address books

At some point it was also fully nickel plated

Original German WWII War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class with Swords by Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid - Kriegsverdienstkreuz Price_over $990 with silver paint added toOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a nice patinated example of a War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class in Silver with swords, manufactured by Wilhelm Deumer of Ldenscheid, a city with a major garment accessories industry. Deumer is one of the more desirable makers, with a distinctive style and long history. This example in zinc alloy has a lovely patina, and looks to have lost almost all of the original silver wash, and now displays an oxidized gray