Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Trained at No

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Document for the Merit Cross of the German Red Cross

surrounding central initials “DRL”

assigned to the IV Corps of the 11th Army of the Epirus

War Merit Cross First Class - in silvered tombac

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Trained at No(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine o'clock arms with crossed swords, the twelve o'clock arm topped by a fan