Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold the latter bearing a central

the latter bearing a central engraved Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

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the individual entries in handwritten black ink

pitting evident in the azure blue enamels

Lady Commanders shoulder badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold the latter bearing a central(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 27 mm (w) x 48. 27 mm (h),