Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction Archive without paper backing

without paper backing

gilt wear on the plate

Canada was part of this advancing Allied force

Accompanied by a ribbon bar with plastic casing for ribbon protection

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction Archive without paper backing(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz III. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with each arm joined through the quadrants by an NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan and integral loop connecting to a ribbed suspension ring retaining a period