Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive 1941” beneath the NDH shield

1941” beneath the NDH shield device

consisting of a detailed and double-sided Hohenzollern imperial eagle clutching an orb and sceptre

to join the 2nd Battalion

with some of the leatherette on the exterior of the lid worn off from storage

first in Belgium

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive 1941” beneath the NDH shield(Deutscher Adlerorden 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, each joined 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 arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan