A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Archive combatant’s bronze issue

combatant’s bronze issue

instituted in 1940

Lübeck” on the reverse

he was designated "On Command" to Kimnel Park Camp for demobilization on May 19th

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Archive combatant’s bronze issueA 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