Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class Cross With Case, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude five with a horizontal pinback

five with a horizontal pinback one of which has its catch broken off

superimposed on black skies

reverse illustrating a red cross on a shield flanked by leafing and inscribed "TO THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / THE GRATITUDE OF THE SWISS FAMILIES / 1918" below

pin on reverse repaired

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class Cross With Case, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude five with a horizontal pinback(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. Type I, circa 1937 38 period issue. Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by finely detailed first pattern NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and