Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic taking Hyacinth Shaw as his

taking Hyacinth Shaw as his wife

the scar left behind is visible in his photos

surmounted by the crown in off-white and red embroidery

A 1937 Kreistag der NSDAP Viersen-Kempen badge

with a major uprising against the central government in 1945-1946

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic taking Hyacinth Shaw as his(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Cross Patte with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm (h),