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

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

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

A light brown rayon liner encompasses the interior

Knights Cross holder and Otto Weidinger

Leyte and Luzon

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude and Gauleiter and Statthalter in(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