Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including Finland and the Soviet

including Finland and the Soviet Union

she received Villa Berg in Stuutgart

surrounded by an open ended oak leaf wreath tied at the bottom by a ribbon

missing its button

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including Finland and the Soviet(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a slightly vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 97 mm (w) x 49. 05 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish to high contact points,