Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Auction A grouping of five third

A grouping of five third reich period stick pins and badges

overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle executed in dark grey machine embroidery

1914” (German - For Merit) within an oak wreath

missing its ring and loop

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Auction A grouping of five third(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