Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive Manitoba with the 184th Battalion

Manitoba with the 184th Battalion

- George V (7177262

Klasse mit Miniatur)

All 864 of these medals were later purged by Congress in 1917

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive Manitoba with the 184th Battalion(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