Germany, Wehmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive both measuring 30 mm (w)

both measuring 30 mm (w) x 32 mm (h)

restoration and the interpretation of historic sites since its New York Society first undertook the preservation of the Van Cortlandt House in 1897

the reverse of the pinback stamped with a Präsidialkanzlei code of “20” for maker C

A very fine quality manufacture single NSDAP Reichs/Gau/Kreis Level Obereinsatzleiter collar tab

remaining there for the next fourteen months

Germany, Wehmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive both measuring 30 mm (w)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hing and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 30 mm (w) x 47. 00 grams, weighing 18. 0 grams,