Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Newly Listed likely brought on by stress

likely brought on by stress in regards to things at home with his wife

"Your son was taking part in a night cross-country exercise on the night of the 11th December 1943

ring had been repaired

surrounded by a black threat background

the white threading that secures each star in place along the outer edge and forming a pentagon in the centre portion

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, V Class With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Newly Listed likely brought on by stress(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1945. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms joined 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 arms with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm with a fan