Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction 33 mm x 17

33 mm x 17

measuring 47 mm (h) x 36 mm (w)

chipping evident in the red enamels on one location at the mid-portion of the shield

In November 1944

Footnote: These rings were given to donors who contributed to the collection of the Slovak Treasury during the First Slovak Republic

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction 33 mm x 17(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