Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed Chobillon in Paris denoting content

Chobillon in Paris denoting content of 950 of silver purity

accompanied by the envelope addressed to Frau Hedwig Potthast Berlin

a mass demonstration led by the Regiment of Celaya

marked "V-21" (Vanguard) on the reverse

dying from his wounds the following day

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed Chobillon in Paris denoting content(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 27 mm (w) x 48. 27 mm (h),