Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (16 Pte

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (16 Pte S

Following the Légion d'Honneur design

engraver marked "F VERNON" on the obverse

3 - Sir Sam Hughes

and Syrian Air Force Pilot Badge (in silvered bullion wire with red

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (16 Pte(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Silber mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, 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, topped by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised