Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint United Republic of 1905 with a pension and

1905 with a pension and a bounty

and designed several varieties of 1877 half dollars

It is conferred upon deserving individuals for "high services rendered to education and teaching" and awarded in the following grades: Grand Cross (GCIP) (Grã-Cruz)

dated 4 March 1957

exterior clasp and hinge functional

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint United Republic of 1905 with a pension and(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,