Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity gorget measures 75 mm x

gorget measures 75 mm x 162 mm

and his inner circle for the war and painted the picture of a “clean” Wehrmacht that was unaware and uninvolved in any war crimes

two adjoining tablets with "LEX" inscribed above four blocks

In black ink and dated 19 September 1939

number 170299 on October 6

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity gorget measures 75 mm x(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 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 its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of