Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Archive complete with cloth backing

complete with cloth backing

and the body constructed of brass

The first group

depicting personnel on occupation duty in Ukraine

the handle below the bolster has been stamped with a female head denoting Former Austro-Hungarian (Vienna) manufacture between 1872 to 1922 and an 800/1000 silver fineness

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Archive complete with cloth backing(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arm with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension