Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Archive SHANGHAI VOLS

SHANGHAI VOLS

navy blue triangle painted above a red rectangle on the front

on loop for suspension - marked “95” for “Adolf Scholze”

and the body constructed of brass

depicting personnel on occupation duty in Ukraine

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Archive SHANGHAI VOLS(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arm with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension