Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Archive similarly ringed by silver gilt

similarly ringed by silver gilt

A few weeks later the Eighth Army defeated the Russian Narew Army at Tannenberg under the command of Hindenberg and in September the Njemen Army in the Battle of Masuric Lakes

a smaller watch face at the bottom with black stick bar markers and numbered for seconds (10-60) with a simple second hand

Class II (silvered bronze

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Archive similarly ringed by silver gilt(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