Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig Auction Dresden RZM M4/42” on reverse

Dresden RZM M4/42” on reverse

vertical silvered bronze pinback

Motto ""NESCIT OCCASUM"" (It knows no decline)

presenting oxidation in the edges of the cross

christening the ship in November 1999

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig Auction Dresden RZM M4/42” on reverse(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of a patinated zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA) in its talons, overlaid across the chest by a silvered crescent and cross, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 31. 41 mm (w) x 42. 33 mm (h),