Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 Newly Listed 22 mm x 105 mm

22 mm x 105 mm

a DRK Sisterhood member’s badge

the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two Bronze Campaign Stars and the World War II Victory Medal

He is buried at Guards' Cemetery in Combles

maker marked “RZM M1/120” for “Wilhelm Deumer

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 Newly Listed 22 mm x 105 mm(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52.