Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Archive and two newspaper clippings

and two newspaper clippings

Class II (silvered bronze

it measures 36mm x 36mm (or 1 5/8

1940) date stamp at the lower left

marked “Ges

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Archive and two newspaper clippings(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the twelve oclock position riveted with a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE