Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Cross, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of illustrating the eagle clutching a

illustrating the eagle clutching a sword in its right talon and a shield in its left talon

and Jubilee Medal for the 40th Year Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-1985 (in brass

I” along the rim

date marked ""V"" on the gold pin

each on loop for suspension from period original ribbons with pentagonal backplates and horizontal pinbacks

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Cross, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of illustrating the eagle clutching a(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with a marked of