Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, Recipient-Personalized Example, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction the reverse maker marked “DESCHLER

the reverse maker marked “DESCHLER

Postcard of Northleach War Memorial with Walters name inscribed

Footnote: James Winfred Tice was born in Madoc

A wartime signed portrait of Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring

the battalion undertook garrison duties around Tripoli before being transferred back to Australia in 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, Recipient-Personalized Example, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction the reverse maker marked “DESCHLER(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a vaulted 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 a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, also bearing hand etched recipient initials of G. W. and a date of