A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Newly Listed at the age of 79

at the age of 79 and since his medical problems were discovered when he was in the army

maker marked "MK"

maker marked with the Vanguard Industries insignia and marked "V-21" (Vanguard Industries) on the reverse

Designed by Benedetto Pistrucci

McDonald was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette on December 16

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Newly Listed at the age of 79A Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered tombac; 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; with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a crimped round wire catch; maker marked 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid on the reverse; measuring 47. 43 mm x 47. 23 mm; weighing 18. 9 grams; with the