Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed containing 180 page printed in

containing 180 page printed in black ink on a white paper stock

measuring 145 mm (w) x 220 mm (h) x 25

The breast insignia measures 100 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

the reverse bears a functioning barrel hinge with a tapered vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

The pain is aching in character

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed containing 180 page printed in(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, 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 reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT