Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Late-War Example by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Deutsches-Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen)

(Deutsches-Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen)

the reverse with a loop and attachment claws on functional roller

for exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security

marked Royal Mint on interior lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Late-War Example by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Deutsches-Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 33 mm (w) x