Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class Cross, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. United Republic of edged by dark blue (dunkel

edged by dark blue (dunkel blau) Waffenfarbe piping

17 (w) x 17

with the eagle welded to the wreath

Berlin” maker mark for this type

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class Cross, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. United Republic of edged by dark blue (dunkel(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, with German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled backgrounds joining the quadrants, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with a silver