Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China Instituted December 2 1849

Instituted December 2 1849

The number of volunteers involved in the nine campaigns was small

with the upper pockets closing with vertical flaps with reinforced buttonholes meeting black bakelite buttons

and “1914” raised on the lower arm

the straps are secured in place with machine stitching at the outer edge and with a pebbled magnetic metal button on the inner edge

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Merit Cross with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China Instituted December 2 1849(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback stamped