A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive a thin wire loop attached

a thin wire loop attached to the ends of the braided portions

This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War

maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse (partly obscured under the clasp hinge)

He was discharged to Reinforcement Etaples on July 17th

1919 and sent back to Leipzig

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive a thin wire loop attachedA mid war example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid underneath the pin; measuring 47. 62 mm x 47. 30 mm; weighing 19. 1 grams; light to