Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive 1882-1897 Issue

1882-1897 Issue

1 ADVANCED SECTION / PRINTED BY ARMY PRINTING & STATIONERY SERVICES" on the reverse

finely-detailed Army eagle with its talons clenching a wreathed swastika insignia flanked by oak leaves on the crossguard

In the early phases of this difficult day’s work

the reverse marked “EXTRA FEIN

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive 1882-1897 Issue(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled backgrounds, the obverse bearing central gilt crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm featuring a fan suspension connecting to a