Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China 93 mm (w) x 20

93 mm (w) x 20

stiff vulcan fibre visor upper in black with a black patent leather strap with two length adjusters running across the front between the brown fabric-covered button posts on both sides

where pre-recruits of the three services: British Gurkha Army

a hardcover book comprising 67 printed pages with illustrations throughout

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China 93 mm (w) x 20(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz I. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop retaining a period original length of neck ribbon, the six oclock arm