Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed rendered extraordinary services to the

rendered extraordinary services to the needy in time of public calamities

centre medallion exhibiting a handmade Cuban coat of arms

Werner firms attempt to “personalize” this otherwise textbook Wagner style cross

measuring 40 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

Suspended together with locking pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed rendered extraordinary services to the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 20 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams,