Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction blackened and silvered iron

blackened and silvered iron

each looped at one end through a silvered zink loop

Barth was wounded and received Black Grade wound badge

paper name tag inscribed "Ebba Karlberg / Delegate # 933")

then a hockey team and other sports sections followed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction blackened and silvered iron(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the everse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 83 mm (w) x 47. 16 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its original