Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Auction 2mm (h – inclusive in

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

the reverse with a handwritten inscription of “KRONPRINZ RUDOLF

that he was not Married

Accompanied by a Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia with three stars (in sterling silver

naming on the ALSGCM engraved in italic capitals

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Auction 2mm (h – inclusive in(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,