Germany, Federal Republic. An Order of the German Eagle. V. Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version, c. 1960 Archive reverse is marked with the

reverse is marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M4/110" (Josef Feix & Söhne

red and black cotton

indicative of an Alpini Regiment

horizontal brooch pinback

the entire badge is outlined by an alternating “T” pattern between two thin solid lines in dark blue enamel

Germany, Federal Republic. An Order of the German Eagle. V. Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version, c. 1960 Archive reverse is marked with the(Deutscher Adlerorden, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted May 1st, 1937. (c. 1960 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze and white enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms with NSDAP style German National eagles clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on white enameled discs in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm