Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed Private John Wallace

Private John Wallace

measuring 250 mm (w) x 190 mm (h)

numbered 82199 near extremely fine

eventually settling to be an electrician

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed Private John Wallace(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm with a fan suspension and integral loop retaining a suspension ring accommodating an original full