Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a red velvet recessed

with a red velvet recessed medal bed in the base

due to the fact her son was enlisting as a minor under the age of 21

with original ribbon with hook and eye

fighting in the Gollnow area

measuring 46 mm (w) x 195 mm (l)

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a red velvet recessed(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1939 issue). A rare and early set of Order of the German Eagle for Merit, including: 1. A cross, constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet