Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Measuring 286 mm (w) x

Measuring 286 mm (w) x 386 mm (h)

with handwritten dates of death applied to the obverse in each in blue ink

both contained within marked C

it is also named “Ludwig”

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Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Measuring 286 mm (w) x(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze 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