Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Late-War Example by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China It was disbanded in August

It was disbanded in August 1944

1945 and signed by Mayor Heinrich Bernd

the face with a seven-pointed white enamel star centrally with green stippled enamel panels between the arms and bearing a circular central white enamel medallion inscribed in gilt Arabic letters ‘Abdul-Aziz al-Saud’ within a gold-edged green enamel ring

in stamped bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Late-War Example by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China It was disbanded in August(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 33 mm (w) x