Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Newly Listed 5th Class Knight Breast Badge

5th Class Knight Breast Badge

the tunic demonstrates some issues consistent with age

rejected applicants for service in the army were issued with form M

slight chipping to green enamels

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Newly Listed 5th Class Knight Breast Badge(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arm with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension