Germany, Third Reich. A German Eagle Order, Silver Medal Of Merit With Case, By The Prussian State Mint Archive RZM tagged and numbered “No

RZM tagged and numbered “No 296799” on the reverse

An Second War Merit Cross with Swords by Carl Wild

signed in blue ink by the Hauptmann of Kraftfahrpark Litzmannstadt

Each side of the cap also features a black-painted air-vent rivets

It belonged to Oberwachtmeister (Senior Constable) Karl Baumgartner

Germany, Third Reich. A German Eagle Order, Silver Medal Of Merit With Case, By The Prussian State Mint Archive RZM tagged and numbered “No(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 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 NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas joining the quadrants, the reverse with an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in