Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii/Iii Class Neck Cross With Swords, By Gebrüder Godet Hold 1916 at Lower Dibgate and

1916 at Lower Dibgate and was taken on strength in France on the 16th

measuring 66x70mm

Symbols of Military Pilots between 1949-1990

when a man was wounded by machine-gun fire

Cross in silvered bronze

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii/Iii Class Neck Cross With Swords, By Gebrüder Godet Hold 1916 at Lower Dibgate and(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock arm