Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold and is overlaid on the

and is overlaid on the exterior by a black doeskin wool cap band

unmarked with black black

Originally attached to this document was an application for the Anschluss Medal

1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE BEAR

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold and is overlaid on the(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 MEDAL) in Fraktur script,