Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Province of China Cross surrounded by laurel wreath

Cross surrounded by laurel wreath

to be awarded to any citizen of the Austrian Empire

Member of the various Commissions set up under the Treaties of Peace of 1919 for administering international rivers

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms the obverse bearing a central raised crown

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Province of China Cross surrounded by laurel wreath(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 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 wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker