A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive a thin wire loop attached

a thin wire loop attached to the ends of the braided portions

and commanded the unit until 1943

He was discharged to Reinforcement Etaples on July 17th

Jean Chapman of Toronto

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive a thin wire loop attachedA mid war example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid underneath the pin; measuring 47. 62 mm x 47. 30 mm; weighing 19. 1 grams; light to