A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive only three survived to reach

only three survived to reach the objective and beat off the German counter-attack

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

and commanded the unit until 1943

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

hallmarked and numbered "14446" on reverse

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive only three survived to reachA 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