Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Hold 3mm (w) x 54

3mm (w) x 54

handwritten dedication in Croatian

all of them Royal Navy

field-grey-green fine wool construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical six button front closure with dual brass hooks and eyes at the neckline

awarded on 1 September 1944

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Hold 3mm (w) x 54(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension