Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden thereby making this cross a

thereby making this cross a luxury type from during or directly after the First World War

He attended Radio School at Noroton Heights

opening to reveal a multi-piece off-white card stock insert

Accompanied by his Active Service Canadian Pay Book (brown cloth moisture-resistant cover

Schwarz participated in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden thereby making this cross a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 27 mm (w) x 48. 27 mm (h),