Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint Archive but it was possible to

but it was possible to have it awarded it to foreigners in special cases and could be awarded posthumously

while the CFD is independent and without pinback

with one tear along the bottom edge in the lower navy blue band near the canton and a few scattered holes throughout

Hunter on an operation to Eindhoven

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint Archive but it was possible to(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of the Order of the German Eagle consisting of a Maltese Cross with quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised