Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac contained in a glass frame

contained in a glass frame with wooden edges

measuring 85 mm (w) x 134 mm (h))

of which he became second in command and promoted to Captain

A Kriegsmarine traditions badge

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac contained in a glass frame(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by a gilded NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension with an eyelet and ring retaining a period original full length