Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction British War Medal (85406 GNR

British War Medal (85406 GNR

the other having been lost to time)

mounted to a rectangular-framed suspension with screwback

the straps are secured in place with an integral loop at the tunic’s outer edges and with non-magnetic metal buttons on the inner edges

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction British War Medal (85406 GNR(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback stamped