Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By The Vienna Mint Archive maker marked in black ink

maker marked in black ink "Hermann Wernstein Jena-Lobstedt

horizontal pinback (bent but functional)

numbered "2601" and engraved with the recipient's name and group on the reverse

presumably of the same year

marked with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label clearly bearing manufacturer code “A-128” and serial number “227877”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By The Vienna Mint Archive maker marked in black ink(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST