A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold The shoulder boards consist of

The shoulder boards consist of grey russian braiding with a pair of gilt alloy rank pips

Between 1945 and 1948

ID: Hameln 25 313/1/7

Sonder was badly burned by the fuel and he was wounded by the shrapnel but he didn't notice that he was wounded

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold The shoulder boards consist ofA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerter; maltese cross in silvered tombak; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse and a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse maker marked L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid but otherwise left plain, but with a vertical tapered pinback, barrel hinge, and a slightly flattened wire catch; measuring 47. 45 mm x 47. 83 mm;