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

and commanded the unit until 1943

hallmarked and numbered "14446" on reverse

Naming is shaved and privately re-engraved on the QSM and officially impressed on the WWI medals

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