Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed A Hanseatic Cross

A Hanseatic Cross

7mm (w) x 37 mm (h)

the German minesweepers chased the motor cutter but gave up for unknown reasons

Footnote: Jerusalem Crosses of Honour were produced

Scott's medal with an original ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed A Hanseatic Cross(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by a gilded NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a pair of crossed swords, the