Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class Cross With Case, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude ISBN 0-934870-09-8

ISBN 0-934870-09-8

reverse illustrating a red cross on a shield flanked by leafing and inscribed "TO THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / THE GRATITUDE OF THE SWISS FAMILIES / 1918" below

61mm(w) x 44

The Battle of Corunna took place on January 16

Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1977

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Ii Class Cross With Case, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude ISBN 0-934870-09-8(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz IV. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. Type I, circa 1937 38 period issue. Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by finely detailed first pattern NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and