Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now First Lieutenant Hawkins returned to

First Lieutenant Hawkins returned to the dangerous mission of clearing the limited beachhead of Japanese resistance

obverse bears SS-motto "Meine Ehre Heisst Treue"

1902 in St

a Krimschild award document to Horst Bitter (137x201mm

the reverse with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now First Lieutenant Hawkins returned to(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of