Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, Recipient-Personalized Example, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold A bronze washtomac badge for

A bronze washtomac badge for the Treueschwur (Oath of Allegiance) ceremony held in the district of Gau Mittelfranken (25

In machine embroidered white threads on a brown rayon backer

the reverse with four visible rivets securing the obverse applique in place

The award document is equally well preserved with the ink on the document crisp and very legible

” on a horizontal retaining pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, Recipient-Personalized Example, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold A bronze washtomac badge for(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, also bearing hand etched recipient initials of G. W. and a date of