Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden he was promoted to Gefreiter

he was promoted to Gefreiter (lance corporal)

Formal Croatian document for the award of the “Golden Wound Medal”

the Star with an original ribbon

but details still clearly visible

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden he was promoted to Gefreiter(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 wiht a block hinge emanating from a base plate and banjo style pinback meeting a flat write catch emerging from a circular plate, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47.