Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed (Медаль Нахимова)

(Медаль Нахимова)

5 mm (w) x 150 mm (h) x 30

measuring 55 mm (w) x 70 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

the band incorporating a 110 mm long fringe in bright yellow cord wrapped in strands of fine gold-coloured wire which braids the cord

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed (Медаль Нахимова)(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker