A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold started the revolt of 1746

started the revolt of 1746 against the Habsburg forces that occupied the city in the War of the Austrian Succession

two of which have their original screwbacks

which was despatched to her on July 5

aged 30 years

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold started the revolt of 1746A 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