Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed " Corporal Brookes was manning

" Corporal Brookes was manning one of the front line trenches

for a one week stay

that he was married and that his trade was that of Bricklayer

Set into the peak is a hollow channel into which is inserted a removable aluminum cockade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed " Corporal Brookes was manning(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the everse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 83 mm (w) x 47. 16 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams, a rare example of a zink badge retaining virtually all of its original