Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden with a white painted "W"

with a white painted "W" on the front

bombing targets

the Star with an original ribbon

but details still clearly visible

calmly moving directly across country toward the objective

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden with a white painted "W"(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse wiht a block hinge emanating from a base plate and banjo style pinback meeting a flat write catch emerging from a circular plate, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47.