Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Auction Archive 1913 in Kiel (northern Germany)

1913 in Kiel (northern Germany)

Worn condition

His is buried in Belgium

topped by dates of “1862-1937”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Auction Archive 1913 in Kiel (northern Germany)(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). 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 arms joined together by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL),