Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Late-War Example by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac weighing31

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marked Royal Mint on interior lid

a Flight Personnel specialist insignia

They had a medal of pure gold struck for the man “who in 1916 risked his life for Irish liberty” which bore on the front side a portrait of Captain Spindler with his name and on the reverse side an inscription in commemoration of the Irish Easter Rising of 1916 and the blockade breakthrough by the German auxiliary cruiser"

for exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Late-War Example by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac weighing31(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). 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 with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 33 mm (w) x