Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Archive each with a foldover button

each with a foldover button down flap with a single black plastic button

and red enamels mounted to the center of the badge via two hooks on the reverse

reverse illustrating the aforementioned coat-of-arms

This dates the item to between August 1941 and early 1944

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Archive each with a foldover button(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Bronze Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 Issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 swastikas, the reverse with an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL), unmarked,