Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac it is also named “Ludwig”

it is also named “Ludwig”

both contained within marked C

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with handwritten dates of death applied to the obverse in each in blue ink

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal With Swords, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac it is also named “Ludwig”(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, topped by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised