Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Archive with ornate royal crown in

with ornate royal crown in enamels with hand painted details

the JM bruised

on loop for suspension - marked “95” for “Adolf Scholze”

the handle below the bolster has been stamped with a female head denoting Former Austro-Hungarian (Vienna) manufacture between 1872 to 1922 and an 800/1000 silver fineness

SHANGHAI VOLS

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Archive with ornate royal crown in(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arm with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension