Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Two Medals and Awards (War Merit Cross/Wound Badge) certificate_of_authenticity Cumming was appointed Acting Corporal

Cumming was appointed Acting Corporal on January 16

with crossed swords between the Royal Crown and eagle's heads

a studio portrait of Wachtmeister Heinz Scharf

affixed with three reverse attachment prongs to a lanyard constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

a tab stitched in place on the underside with a smooth finished black upper on the right end

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Two Medals and Awards (War Merit Cross/Wound Badge) certificate_of_authenticity Cumming was appointed Acting CorporalA lot of two Third Reich German medals and awards, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted October 18th, 1939. Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge that is lying down, with a coke bottle pinback, and round