Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of 42 mm x 37

42 mm x 37

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 30220 of Tuesday

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “GESCHWADER GENERAL WEVER” in Fraktur script

signed Milch

marked "SPECIMEN" on the edge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of 42 mm x 37(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a 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 an atypical round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 98 mm (w) x 46. 50 mm (h), weighing 20. 3