Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse centrepiece shows flag of

reverse centrepiece shows flag of France surrounded by blue-enameled ring with the inscription “Honeur et Patrie”

1939 to serve in Reserve Flak Battalion 407

across the harbour from Halifax three weeks later

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)” and a maker’s mark of “CARL POELLATH

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse centrepiece shows flag of(Deutscher Adlerorden, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by double sided NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arm by a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock arm topped by a