Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Archive and soiling and fatigue of

and soiling and fatigue of the sweatband

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and red enamels mounted to the center of the badge via two hooks on the reverse

maker mark “Richard Sieper & Söhne Lüdenscheid

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Archive and soiling and fatigue of(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Bronze Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 Issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 swastikas, the reverse with an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL), unmarked,