the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription to family members with a date of “SEPT
a green exterior with silk and velvet medal bed
which he apparently tried to do
both measuring 30 mm (w) x 32 mm (h)
remaining there for the next fourteen months
Germany, Wehmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive the reverse bearing a handwritten(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hing and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 30 mm (w) x 47. 00 grams, weighing 18. 0 grams,