Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity the reverse shows maker mark

the reverse shows maker mark “PAULMANN & CRONE LÜDENSCHEID

gorget measures 75 mm x 162 mm

from November 1940 to February 1941

two adjoining tablets with "LEX" inscribed above four blocks

number 170299 on October 6

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order Of The German Eagle Type I, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity the reverse shows maker mark(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 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 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