Germany, Wehmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive The separate lid is connected

The separate lid is connected to the body of the case by a large central leather strap with eight magnetic metal rivets

Dated to Saalfeld/Saale on August 30

the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription to family members with a date of “SEPT

restoration and the interpretation of historic sites since its New York Society first undertook the preservation of the Van Cortlandt House in 1897

Germany, Wehmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive The separate lid is connected(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hing and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 30 mm (w) x 47. 00 grams, weighing 18. 0 grams,