Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity gorget measures 75 mm x

gorget measures 75 mm x 162 mm

two adjoining tablets with "LEX" inscribed above four blocks

and his inner circle for the war and painted the picture of a “clean” Wehrmacht that was unaware and uninvolved in any war crimes

Machine embroidered dark blue thread on black cloth

he worked under Construction Direction: “South 2” from June 22nd 1941 on Tiefbau

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity gorget measures 75 mm x(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 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 quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of