Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction 150 mm long two-piece wrist

150 mm long two-piece wrist chain with locking clasp

constructed of multiple pieces of heavy grey leather with machine stitched reinforcements along the seams

overlaid by a diving golden-yellow Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

" was released

then transferred to the to New Zealand Stationary Hospital at St

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction 150 mm long two-piece wrist(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 27 mm (w) x 48. 27 mm (h),