Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Sword, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit

1659 Heavy Conversion Unit

drove it to Brussels via Hamburg

measuring 31 mm (w) x 42

on Luftwaffe backing

2 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Sword, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit(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 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 oclock arm with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm with topped by a fan