A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Auction double triple-thread knot

double triple-thread knot

On January 26

Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)

measuring 30 mm x 27 mm

resulting in an artillery duel

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Auction double triple-thread knotA 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;