A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Very fine example

Very fine example

Major-General Stuart Macdonald died on 19 May 1939

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A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Very fine exampleA 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;