Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint United Republic of exterior clasp and hinge functional

exterior clasp and hinge functional

at Stammkompanie/Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 376 (Grenadier Replacement Battalion 376) and was sworn in on 7 September 1943

issued on 2 July 1937

minor enamel loss to green laurels and white cross

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint United Republic of exterior clasp and hinge functional(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script,