Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction maroon and black embroidery on

maroon and black embroidery on the crown

Bronze Grade: in bronze gilt

the reverse bears a black fabric backer stamped in white with “W 15 3 39”

well known in Peterborough

obverse illustrating a right-facing bald eagle in flight over the rippling ocean waves

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction maroon and black embroidery on(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