Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1938 United Republic of The Military Order of William

The Military Order of William - Knights cross Fourth Class

opening to reveal a brief handwritten inscription from an inmate of Groß-Rosen camp

one is maker marked "STOKES & SONS MELB" on the reverse

Suspended from a 137 mm long dual-link chain

Germany, Freikorps. A Silesian Eagle I Class, c. 1938 United Republic of The Military Order of William(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle, clutching a silvered magnetic metal banner in its talons bearing a raised inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA), overlaid across its chest by a silvered magnetic metal Brustmond, the reverse with two blasted rivets securing the obverse fixtures in position, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,