Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive and in May to Landesschützen

and in May to Landesschützen Battalion 847

This particular pages contains the picture and signature of SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Reder

numbered "5374" in the lower right corner

the inside lined in black cotton

had the task of constructing a bridge over the River Orne at Caen to allow the passage of the so necessary supporting arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive and in May to Landesschützen(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked on the reverse with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 04 mm (w) x 47. 57 mm (h), weighing 15. 2 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost, in overall