Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the invitation exhibiting light soiling

the invitation exhibiting light soiling

88 mm (w) x 39

on its original triangular ribbon with kook and eye

then admitted to the 2nd Southern General Hospital in Bristol on September 18th

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the invitation exhibiting light soiling(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,