Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity within a ring of blue

within a ring of blue enamels bearing a gilt inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD WITH US”) and arabesques

Pilot Officer J

and was active in veterans’ organizations in the Federal Republic

Safari was sold for scrap on 7 January 1946

consisting of Latin Crosses with blue and white enameled obverse arms

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity within a ring of blue(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 with white enameled arms, joined together through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine o'clock arms with crossed swords, the twelve o'clock arm topped by a fan