Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity Machine embroidered dark blue thread

Machine embroidered dark blue thread on black cloth

number 170299 on October 6

two adjoining tablets with "LEX" inscribed above four blocks

five for ventilation and the one at the tip for placement of the drawstring

the reverse shows maker mark “PAULMANN & CRONE LÜDENSCHEID

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity Machine embroidered dark blue thread(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of