A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold he joined the Honolulu Rifles

he joined the Honolulu Rifles

as he proved in his latter high school years at Glebe Collegiate in Ottawa

The new regiment’s purpose was to serve as a specialized armoured unit equipped with modified tanks used to safely carry infantry to their objectives

A single DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front) leader’s shoulder board

all four arms of the cross had been re-enameled

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold he joined the Honolulu RiflesA mid war example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid underneath the pin; measuring 47. 62 mm x 47. 30 mm; weighing 19. 1 grams; light to