Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii/Iii Class Cross, By Godet Hold Mérite militaire

Mérite militaire

Schrader enlisted as a Corporal (Oberjäger) in the 3rd Company of the Hanoverian 10th Jäger Battalion

case virtually mint

with some enamel restoration

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii/Iii Class Cross, By Godet Hold Mérite militaire(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. III. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled backgrounds, the twelve oclock topped by a ribbed fan suspension with an integral loop connecting to a ring with a period