Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity each of the pages containing

each of the pages containing multiple ribbon swatches fed through slotted areas on the pages

measuring 137 mm (w) x 88 mm (h)

1 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

43 (h - inclusive of Imperial crown)

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity each of the pages containing(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1939 issue). A rare and early set of Order of the German Eagle for Merit, including: 1. A cross, constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet