A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive He was discharged to Reinforcement

He was discharged to Reinforcement Etaples on July 17th

Jean Chapman of Toronto

and commanded the unit until 1943

hallmarked and numbered "14446" on reverse

1919 and sent back to Leipzig

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Auction Archive He was discharged to ReinforcementA 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