Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold obverse illustrating the left-facing busts

obverse illustrating the left-facing busts of Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld and Hermann Köhl

1914-15 Star (53210 BMBR

weighting 3

In early 1916

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold obverse illustrating the left-facing busts(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