Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet United Republic of 1241 on July 29

1241 on July 29

56mm (w) x 39

when he was taken on strength of the 22nd Reserve Battalion at Shoreham

along with copies of of his Service Records

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet United Republic of 1241 on July 29(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a vaulted 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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker