Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive The letters from 1940 start

The letters from 1940 start in early May

the reverse presents Chinese inscription and is marked 657

he was also created as a royal duke

A mint and unissued grouping of a 40 Year and 25 Year Civil Faithful Service Cross

with emanating rays above the skyline at the far left

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive The letters from 1940 start(Deutscher Adlerorden 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 o'clock arms with crossed swords, the twelve o'clock arm topped by a fan