Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of better very fine condition

better very fine condition

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a dark blue wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered gold bullion wire Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Verdienstkreuz für Herren am Bande für Arbeitsjubilare)

including oxidation of the blade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of better very fine condition(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