1917 (London Gazette 8116
The right interior of the collar features two magnetic metal hooks set into the liner meeting an equal number of eyelets on the right
flanked by a right-facing spread-winged eagle standing upon a wreathed swastika on either side
Order of Military Merit - 3rd Class with Silver Swords - Three-piece construction
measuring 76 mm (w) x 19
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations Newly Listed 1917 (London Gazette 8116(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of three decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 92 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), weighing 16. 6 grams, in very fine condition. 2. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver,