Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed It was during this time

It was during this time he was awarded the Max Joseph Order

and fidelity"") on red enamel surround

with a large Wehrmacht-style eagle with folded wings clutching a mobile swastika

Stamped onto the right side of the liner is a maker’s mark of “M

very light crazing evident in the white enamels on both sides of the arm at 6 o'clock

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed It was during this time(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by a gilded NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension with an eyelet and ring retaining a period original full length