A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed He enlisted with "D" Company

He enlisted with "D" Company

NSDAP Party Membership Badge - Silvered bronze and enamels

1916 he was made an Officer Cadet

in tombac with green and white enamels

paratroops of the 7th Flieger-Division (Generalleutnant Kurt Student) and air landing troops of the 22nd Air Landing Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Hans Graf von Sponeck) seized strategic bridges and airfields in the vicinity of Rotterdam and The Hague

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed He enlisted with "D" CompanyA very fine War Merit Cross First Class with Swords; in silvered feinzink; vertical pinback; marked 3 (Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid) underneath pin; measuring 47 mm x 47 mm; all of the silvering has disappeared on the cross due to age and wear; very fine condition.