excellent quality with polished silver highlights
being placed in the 7th Battery of SS Mountain Artillery Regiment 7 “Prinz Eugen” to undergo basic training
the 88th became aware of their predicament upon seeing a Confederate officer leading a squad of men to their rear
1942 to April 1
He was also awarded with an Iron Cross
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity excellent quality with polished silver(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