Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Godet Auction 101 mm x 146 mm

101 mm x 146 mm

with a camera operator

gold grade wound medal (gilding mostly gone)

the reverse dated “1866” within an oak wreath

he took a correspondence course with Lasalle College in Chicago

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Godet Auction 101 mm x 146 mm(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, II Stufe mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing central silver crossed swords, the quadrants of the cross joined by silver NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika on white enameled backgrounds, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback