Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II/III Class Cross with Swords, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Originally constructed to accommodate French

Originally constructed to accommodate French prisoners during the Franco-Prussian War

with three more classes added on April 13

Variation 1 with "ring reverse"

one pinched lug

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II/III Class Cross with Swords, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Originally constructed to accommodate French(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz II. III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed fan