Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version c. 1944 GTRexclude BY THE GRACE OF GOD

BY THE GRACE OF GOD

the helmet measures 187 mm (w) x 278 mm (h)

STUTTGART” above a partially-obscured logo

court mounted with swing bar pinback and matching ribbon bar

and very scarce

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, Spanish Version c. 1944 GTRexclude BY THE GRACE OF GOD(Deutscher Adlerorden, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by an oak leaf