Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude A superb quality manufacture 1896-1918

A superb quality manufacture 1896-1918 issue Order of Berthold the First Knight’s Cross with Swords (Orden Berthold des Ersten Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern)

Pte Hobson was sick for more than a week

scattered gilt wear and oxidation

Holland (The Netherlands)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude A superb quality manufacture 1896-1918(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked on the reverse with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 04 mm (w) x 47. 57 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost, in overall