Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude Leyte and Luzon

Leyte and Luzon

a manufacture date of “9/43” and a size mark of “56”

and Gauleiter and Statthalter in charge of the Sudetenland from 1939 to 1945

A light brown rayon liner encompasses the interior

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude Leyte and Luzon(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock