Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed 7mm (w) x 37 mm

7mm (w) x 37 mm (h)

measuring 135 mm (h) x 304 mm (x) x 56 mm (h)

A Hanseatic Cross

the crowned cypher of Carol II (reign: 1930-1940) above

Department E3 was responsible for engine testing

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed 7mm (w) x 37 mm(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by a gilded NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a pair of crossed swords, the