Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Auction Archive both unmarked and measuring 35

both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 75 mm (h)

His is buried in Belgium

1913 in Kiel (northern Germany)

Accompanied by its original 15

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Auction Archive both unmarked and measuring 35(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined together by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL),