Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now measuring 23 mm in diameter

measuring 23 mm in diameter with a 40 mm-long needle

Type II: 1848-1918 (in bronze

crafted from a partial grey cotton liner

The sweatband is maker marked “Deutsche Wertarbeit” in the center

A well-preserved leather flying helmet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now measuring 23 mm in diameter(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 85 mm (w) x 47. 63 mm (h),