Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive 2 ½ inches)

2 ½ inches)

All suspended from a 95 mm-long zink bar with a dark blue wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

7 grams inclusive of its ribbon and hanger

marked with the "RZM" insignia and "GES

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive 2 ½ inches)(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined together 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 arm with a gilded swords clasp, the twelve oclock arm