Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white satin lining

white satin lining

dated 1941 on reverse

The City of Salzberg was in the American zone

measuring 27 mm x 11 mm

the obverse centre with engraved number 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white satin lining(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