Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Archive marked “Ges

marked “Ges

A few weeks later the Eighth Army defeated the Russian Narew Army at Tannenberg under the command of Hindenberg and in September the Njemen Army in the Battle of Masuric Lakes

Class II (silvered bronze

1940) date stamp at the lower left

as his "Bronchitis" had weakened his body

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal With Swords, By The Prussian Mint Archive marked “Ges(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the twelve oclock position riveted with a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE