Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Prussian Mint United Republic of on a loop for suspension

on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon - with a paper collector’s tag attached to the reverse

went to Italy in November 1917

Post-1945 Rothe Copy

measuring 62 mm (w) x 55 (h))

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Prussian Mint United Republic of on a loop for suspension(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 its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT