Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now This battlefield-experienced example remains in

This battlefield-experienced example remains in a very fine condition

Type II: 1848-1918 (in bronze

constructed of off-white paper sock with black ink

The sweatband is maker marked “Deutsche Wertarbeit” in the center

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now This battlefield-experienced example remains in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 85 mm (w) x 47. 63 mm (h),