Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed 12 mm x 22 mm

12 mm x 22 mm

Klasse mit Schwertern” consisting of a bronzed metal alloy

to honour those persons who participated in the Warsaw Uprising against the Germans in 1944

Tarnishing evident on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed 12 mm x 22 mm(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of solid silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script, the edge stamped with a crescent moon indicating German manufacture, a silver content of 835, and the logo of the