Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction An Austrian Silver Merit Cross

An Austrian Silver Merit Cross with Crown Awarded to an Officer of the Airship Division - Of extremely fine quality production by Rothe (marked on the inside of the lid)

measuring 47mm x 48mm

The dukedom then passed to his younger brother

suspended from a broad loop

Appendix II - RAAF Casualties in and near Canada

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction An Austrian Silver Merit Cross(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, all 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 by gilded crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan