A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Buy Now Foonote: The smaller one reads:

Foonote: The smaller one reads: the Fuhrer decrees on this day that the Obertruppfuhrer Helmut Buchlinger of the RAD

tiny oxidation spots evident on the obverse

white metal insignia with an overlaying bronze ribbon banner

in command of the British-Canadian Recruiting Mission and later

for more training

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Buy Now Foonote: The smaller one reads:A mid war example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid underneath the pin; measuring 47. 62 mm x 47. 30 mm; weighing 19. 1 grams; light to