Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed the reverse is plain and

the reverse is plain and bears four attachment prongs

Sew on style shoulder boards of orange yellow felt with matte grey chords over top

surface wear evident on the shield

measuring 270 mm in length as presented

" Corporal Brookes was manning one of the front line trenches

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed the reverse is plain and(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the everse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 83 mm (w) x 47. 16 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its original