Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed within a red embroidered oval

within a red embroidered oval

overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika while in mid-flight

an earlier issue not marked for gold content

Two are examples of the Second Type

8 mm (h) x 23

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed within a red embroidered oval(Verdienstorden vom Deutscher Adler Bruststern mit Verdienstkreuz und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). A superb Order of the German Eagle Merit Cross set, including: 1. A neck cross, constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by double sided NSDAP style German national eagle clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm