The high Ordenskapitel (decision-making sector of the Order) has recognized this outstanding merit
Wehrmacht Stickpin (silvered bronze
he was tried and found guilty for “major offences”
First Lieutenant Hawkins returned to the dangerous mission of clearing the limited beachhead of Japanese resistance
the reverse with a horizontal pinback
Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now The high Ordenskapitel (decision-making sector(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of