A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold The shoulder boards consist of

The shoulder boards consist of grey russian braiding with a pair of gilt alloy rank pips

ID: Hameln 25 313/1/7

hallmarked with the British lion and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

Sonder was badly burned by the fuel and he was wounded by the shrapnel but he didn't notice that he was wounded

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold The shoulder boards consist ofA 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;