Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude the two side panels are

the two side panels are joined together at the front

He was placed on command at the Canadian Railway Troops Depot on March 5

He received the Knight’s Cross as a Lance Corporal on March 7

59 mm (w) x 36

Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude the two side panels are(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted on 18. 10. 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A Maltese cross in silvered zink, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, measuring 47. 24 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 2