Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The City of Salzberg was

The City of Salzberg was in the American zone

the sweatband with a series of slits

He was to remain in England for next six months

dated 1941 on reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The City of Salzberg was(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 banjo style pinback meeting an atypical round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 46. 98 mm (w) x 46. 50 mm (h), weighing 20. 3