Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, Type I by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive After this failed and costly

After this failed and costly attack the enemy panzers withdrew to the rail line

measuring 400 mm x 300 mm

including a 1934 Westphalia day badge

During the period 1995-1996 the recognition (II model) was verified as equally valuable to the Golden Lily Badge awarded later

An excerpt of Wagner’s Strafbuch (defaulter book) (209x150mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, III Class Cross with Case, Type I by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive After this failed and costly(Deutscher Adlerorden, Kreuz III. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1939 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 topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback,