Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet Hold to allow for length adjustment

to allow for length adjustment

a SERVICE badge for those voluntarily attested for active service beyond Canada and a RESERVE badge for those medically exempt (among other reasons)

Baur received promotions in the SS

It measures approximately 190 mm (w) x 240 mm (l) x 115 mm (h)

An extremely well-preserved Gendarmerie EM/NCO’s single-button M43 field cap

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, IV Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet Hold to allow for length adjustment(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a vaulted 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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker