Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Auction Archive and First World War Commemorative

and First World War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

the commandant of the Zeppelin

Worn condition

Accompanied by its original 15

1913 in Kiel (northern Germany)

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Auction Archive and First World War Commemorative(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). 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 arms joined together by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL),