A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Convalescent Company (Pz

Convalescent Company (Pz

but different shades

as cited in the London Gazette 31132 on January 18

Medal in Silver (2nd Class)

the other lost to time)

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Convalescent Company (PzA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered tombac; 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; with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; maker marked 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid on the reverse; measuring 47. 43 mm x 47. 23 mm; weighing 18. 9 grams; with the