Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Merit Medal in Bronze to Spanish Recipient Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic taken from the ground

taken from the ground

surrounded by a matching gilt ring

Excellent and complete example

surrounded by a white enameled border

5 mm (h) inclusive of its ring suspension

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Merit Medal in Bronze to Spanish Recipient Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic taken from the ground(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a classic Spanish style bronze buckle indicating issue to a foreign recipient, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised