Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet United Republic of III Class (Orden Republike)

III Class (Orden Republike)

56mm (w) x 39

(Case not included in sale of item) (C:17)

The eagle insignia measures 58 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet United Republic of III Class (Orden Republike)(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker