Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed with a large Wehrmacht-style eagle

with a large Wehrmacht-style eagle with folded wings clutching a mobile swastika

in Slovenia

On July 17

and fidelity"") on red enamel surround

maker marked on reverse with logo of Karl Wurster

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed with a large Wehrmacht-style eagle(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse 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 twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension with an eyelet and ring retaining a period original full length