Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Newly Listed A 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger

A 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger by Stocker & Co

Hellmuth Stieff (1901–1944) was a Major General and resistance fighter involved in the 20 July plot

the 17th Reserve Battalion

Footnote: The Order of the Cross of Liberty is one of three official orders in Finland

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Newly Listed A 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Bronze Verdienstmedaille). 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 quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse with an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL), unmarked,