Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "40" inside a wreath

marked "40" inside a wreath on the cover

1914-1918 - Silver with blue and black enamels

the tabs bear machine-embroidered silver wire rank insignia bearing green bands

- Orange Free State

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class Cross With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "40" inside a wreath(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, 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 oclock arm with a gilded swords clasp, the twelve oclock arm