Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude starting with securing the border

starting with securing the border in April 1941

On the reverse is a picture of Udet wearing the Knight’s Cross

still claiming to be Armstrong

consisting of a left and right collar tab - the left collar tab with three diagonally oriented silvered aluminum rank pips on a black wool upper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude starting with securing the border(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted on 18. 10. 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A Maltese cross in silvered zink, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, measuring 47. 24 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 2