Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive 1918 to August 11

1918 to August 11

An Honour Cross of the World War 1914/18 with Swords (Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs 1914/1918)

clearly wearing this very cross

a photograph of von Bernuth with an unidentified Heer General

the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive 1918 to August 11(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm with a fan suspension and integral loop retaining a suspension ring accommodating an original full