Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The recipient is a “Gefreiter”

The recipient is a “Gefreiter”

as well as women

the obverse bearing a dark-green machine-embroidered patch overlaid by a silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

engraved with an ornate design that also incorporates the wavy zig-zag design throughout

constructed of multi-coloured cotton-blended fabric

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The recipient is a “Gefreiter”(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a period original ribbon, 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 twelve oclock position riveted with a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE