Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed an auxiliary police force responsible

an auxiliary police force responsible for all tasks resulting from air raids

Type II (1887-1943)

Includes three items: Waterproof Sealed Matchbook (matchbook with twenty matches

measuring 40 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

Werner firms attempt to “personalize” this otherwise textbook Wagner style cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed an auxiliary police force responsible(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 20 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams,