Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Buy Now With copied service papers and

With copied service papers and copied letters applying for his medal - dated 1905 and 1910

Naval Front Clasp

He had achieved a Grade 10 education when he enlisted for six years' service as an Apprentice Seaman in the United States Navy

surrounded by a stylized swastika and the letters “D” and “J”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Buy Now With copied service papers and(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz V. Stufe mit Schwertern). Instituted on 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Of multi piece construction, composed of a Maltese Cross in gilded bronze with white enameled arms, along with four German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas between the quadrants of the cross, with crossed swords superimposed through the centre of the obverse, the reverse plain, on loop for suspension, unmarked but