Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now A Grand Cross

A Grand Cross

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Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Joseph I Patriotic Badge: two-piece construction

The two main differences to most newspapers of its time were the fact that it was much larger than most

blue and white striped ribbon denoting 1896-1904 issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now A Grand Cross(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Cross Patte 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm (h),