Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold In stamped metal/brass

In stamped metal/brass

17 mm (w) x 43

1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE BEAR

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

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold In stamped metal/brass(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,