Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Archive thereby creating one standard

thereby creating one standard

awarded on 28 December 1944

likely wounded

Footnote: The Order of Vesthardus (AKA Order of Viesturs) is a Latvian state order founded in 1938

ZIMMERMANN STUTTGART" on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal Archive thereby creating one standard(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Bronze Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 Issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse with an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL), unmarked,