A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Report of Death of United

Report of Death of United States Citizen in Military Service

On January 26

resulting in an artillery duel

removed from the cape

Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Report of Death of UnitedA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerter; maltese cross in silvered tombak; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse and a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse maker marked L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid but otherwise left plain, but with a vertical tapered pinback, barrel hinge, and a slightly flattened wire catch; measuring 47. 45 mm x 47. 83 mm;