Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive the inside lined in black

the inside lined in black cotton

and in May to Landesschützen Battalion 847

Ciudad Rodrigo

by maker “20” (marked underneath pin)

15 "Florian Geyer"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive the inside lined in black(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