Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal with Swords, by the Vienna Mint Archive 270 mm x 275 mm)

270 mm x 275 mm)

both mint condition

Light crazing in the enamels on the Red Cross insignia

(Luftwaffe Offiziersdolch Miniatur)

along with the numbers "3"

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal with Swords, by the Vienna Mint Archive 270 mm x 275 mm)(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 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, topped by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST