Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed Footnote: This Imperial Order of

Footnote: This Imperial Order of Leopold for Officer’s was bestowed on 2 persons at a time by the head of the Order Chancellery of this Order

attachment pins broken off

The reverse is engraved schülerkomp

the reverse is plain and bears four attachment prongs

" Corporal Brookes was manning one of the front line trenches

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed Footnote: This Imperial Order of(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