Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now 56 mm (h - inclusive

56 mm (h - inclusive of crown adorned with cross)

the reverse with a rayon backer

issued at divisional headquarters on 3 January 1942

Two are Cavalry cards (one illustrates a soldier on horseback and holding a lance in his right hand

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now 56 mm (h - inclusive(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). 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 with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an atypical round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 98 mm (w) x 46. 50 mm (h), weighing 20. 3