Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Prussian Mint Hold he and his brother emigrated

he and his brother emigrated to Alberta where they settled near Red Deer

horizontal pinback (broken off)

a white fabric-wrapped cardboard insert placed within the base and housing a navy blue felt medal bed

Paul at Burton Upon Trent

They each contain three apses (“Tricore”)

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Prussian Mint Hold he and his brother emigrated(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 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 arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT