Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold 17 mm (w) x 43

17 mm (w) x 43

unmarked with black black

landed west of the Vierville draw and suffered fifty percent casualties during the landing

He had been in receipt of a total disablement award of two hundred and ten Pounds annually while undergoing treatment for manic depressive psychosis at Tykeford Abbey

In stamped metal/brass

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold 17 mm (w) x 43(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,