Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold measuring 75 mm (w) x

measuring 75 mm (w) x 110 mm (h - inclusive of crown with horizontally pierced ball suspension with cross)

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Before the war he worked as a mechanic

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold measuring 75 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse wiht a block hinge emanating from a base plate and banjo style pinback meeting a flat write catch emerging from a circular plate, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47.