Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Newly Listed / Entered Federal Service Dec

/ Entered Federal Service Dec

circa 1890

III Class with Swords (in bronze

measuring 44 mm x 40 mm

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Newly Listed / Entered Federal Service Dec(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each quadrant joined together by a double sided gilt NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the obverse three and nine oclock arms overlaid by crossed gilt swords, the twelve oclock arm with an integral fan suspension