Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Auction naming on the ALSGCM engraved

naming on the ALSGCM engraved in italic capitals

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “72” for maker Wilhelm Kolwitz

the reverse with a handwritten inscription of “KRONPRINZ RUDOLF

2mm (h – inclusive in integral ring built into 12 o’clock arm)

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Auction naming on the ALSGCM engraved(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script,