Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, By The Prussian Mint Auction Archive 87 mm x 137 mm

87 mm x 137 mm each

A rare award

only 4 such sets were awarded

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Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, By The Prussian Mint Auction Archive 87 mm x 137 mm(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with each quadrant joined by a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENSTMEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT