A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive 1919 and sent back to

1919 and sent back to Leipzig

measuring 28mm

and commanded the unit until 1943

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

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive 1919 and sent back toA 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