Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed Six WHW (Winterhiflswerk) Postcards -

Six WHW (Winterhiflswerk) Postcards - One postcard illustrating a factory worker with a sledge hammer slung over his shoulder standing beside an Army infantryman

maker marked "BIRKS" along with a brooch pinback on the reverse

1944 at the age of 53

HM the King

survived his own wartime service overseas as an officer with the Royal Regiment of Canada and returned from the war to manage the family firm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed Six WHW (Winterhiflswerk) Postcards -(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 95 mm (w) x 47. 68 mm (h), weighing 18. 7 grams, loss