Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of his widow was only awarded

his widow was only awarded the Admiralty pension of Fifty Pounds

1946 to air defence artillery and redesignated as the 59th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish)

These shoulder straps indicate the rank of an SS-Unterscharfuhrer serving with the Signals

oval in shape

2nd Canadian Divisional Employment Company was discharged upon demobilization at Dispersal Station "B"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of his widow was only awarded(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through 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 flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 03 mm (w) x 47. 64 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, with loss of