Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Private Harvey Currie was Killed

Private Harvey Currie was Killed in Action on September 9

Silvered and gilt bronze with red and orange enamels

golden-tan colored rayon diamond patterned tress chevrons on the outer sides of inverted triangular black wool base

maker marked “Pollopas

in silvered nickel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Private Harvey Currie was Killed(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted on 18. 10. 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A 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 plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, measuring 47. 24 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 2