A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold 1943 and War Substantive Major

1943 and War Substantive Major & Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster)

hallmarked with the British lion and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

The shoulder boards consist of grey russian braiding with a pair of gilt alloy rank pips

with backing plate and fastening screw on reverse

In golden bakelite

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold 1943 and War Substantive MajorA 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;