Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude a Berlin German Confectioners’ Day

a Berlin German Confectioners’ Day badge

Military Medal (438825 SAPR J

mounted to a rectangular frame with pinback)

silver and separately afffixed swords

It begins with an Introduction by Alan Wykes

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint GTRexclude a Berlin German Confectioners’ Day(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Silber mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, 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 a raised