Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction silver wreath

silver wreath

with a gilt crown

bound and printed by Wilfrid Bade of Berlin

A Sächsische Freiwillige Grenzjäger postcard

demonstrating evidence of re-arrangement of the devices

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction silver wreath(Deutscher Adlerorden Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined together 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 arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve o'clock