A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Hold In golden bakelite

In golden bakelite

hallmarked with the British lion and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

with backing plate and fastening screw on reverse

Between 1945 and 1948

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 In golden bakeliteA 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;