Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Godet Archive Die-Cut Eagle (cream-coloured paper

Die-Cut Eagle (cream-coloured paper

Rev:- Bust of Queen Adelaide right

contact marks and some corrosion

in tombac (gilding nearly completely rubbed off)

2 mm and 23

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class With Swords, By Gebrüder Godet Archive Die-Cut Eagle (cream-coloured paper(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, II Stufe mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing central silver crossed swords, the quadrants of the cross joined by silver NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika on white enameled backgrounds, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback