Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Croix de Guerre (War Cross)

Croix de Guerre (War Cross) 1914-1918 with Silver Star (in bronze

each measuring 35 mm (w) x 104 mm (l)

they provided weapons and tools in exchange for military protection

Naming is officially impressed on the First War trio and the TFEM

Footnote: Helmut Scholz was born on July 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Croix de Guerre (War Cross)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the everse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 83 mm (w) x 47. 16 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its original