Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Province of China insignia is die stamped in

insignia is die stamped in silvered iron (magnetic) and is lacquered

the cart led by a horse with a Sikh driver

Cross surrounded by laurel wreath

the reverse maker marked “L/11” for “Wilhelm Deumer

Royal Naval Signal School Leydene House at East Meon (November 1945) and H

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Province of China insignia is die stamped in(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker