Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, Recipient-Personalized Example, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction The squadron suffered serious losses

The squadron suffered serious losses because of poor conditions and Soviet air defence

Postcard of Northleach War Memorial with Walters name inscribed

the battalion undertook garrison duties around Tripoli before being transferred back to Australia in 1942

with lions heads forming the quillons

37mm (w) x 38

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, Recipient-Personalized Example, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction The squadron suffered serious losses(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a vaulted 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, also bearing hand etched recipient initials of G. W. and a date of