Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, By The Prussian Mint Auction Archive reverse engraved "NKANIZSA 1939 HADIPUSKA

reverse engraved "NKANIZSA 1939 HADIPUSKA I

A rare award

This set of photographs includes an original double-sided page of this soldier’s military service photo album with a description under each photograph

(Luftwaffe Erinnerungsabzeichen)

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, By The Prussian Mint Auction Archive reverse engraved "NKANIZSA 1939 HADIPUSKA(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with each quadrant joined by a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENSTMEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT