Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity A Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt War Merit Medal

A Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt War Merit Medal

measuring 32 mm (w) x 370 mm (l)

The reverse ricasso also bears a maker’s mark reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

Topping the shoulders are integrated loops at the outer edge and bakelite buttons on the inner edge for the accommodation of removable shoulder straps

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity A Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt War Merit Medal(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured 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 discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve o'clock