repair evident on the blue enamelled centrepiece ring on one side and minor chipping on the centrepiece ring on the other side
with some fading and fatigue evident to the ribbons and reverse liner
most of the enamel on front shield is missing
from October 1918 serving on the North America and West Indies Station
while the crown retains an intact transparent plastic moisture guard inset with a hollow channel for the insertion of a nametag
Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity repair evident on the blue(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured 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 obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock