Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold 1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE

1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE BEAR

Two cloth insignia: one is a variant of the insignia of Fighter Wing 54 “Grünherz” (green heart) (78x93mm

In stamped metal/brass

unmarked with black black

trimmed with silver-grey piping

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold 1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE(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,