Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction then a hockey team and

then a hockey team and other sports sections followed

two are missing their attachments

Barth was wounded and received Black Grade wound badge

they have increased in severity and frequency"

each looped at one end through a silvered zink loop

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction then a hockey team and(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