A German Eagle Order Merit Medal With Swords By The Official Viennese State Mint Auction Footnote: This badge was produced

Footnote: This badge was produced in 1918 for the Army of the Ukrainian State and re-issued in 1942 for the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in Galicia

203 mm x 305 mm)

The glue has dried and the wing has shifted showing the lighter unstained document underneath

the button illustrating the left-facing Italian spread-winged eagle standing upon a fasces

A German Eagle Order Merit Medal With Swords By The Official Viennese State Mint Auction Footnote: This badge was producedA German Eagle order Deutsche Verdienstmedaille des Deutschen Adler); with swords; in bronze; on loop for suspension (marked 30 for Mnzamt Wien); with its period original ribbon; measuring 37. 88 mm in diameter; weighing 19. 9 grams; very fine worn example.