Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version c. 1944 Province of China wear on the exterior

wear on the exterior

Footnote: Predominant historian Frank Heukemes

white cloth padded inside lid bearing the impression of the cross

scattered gilt wear throughout

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version c. 1944 Province of China wear on the exterior(Deutscher Adlerorden, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by an oak leaf