Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Cross, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive won the Iron Cross I

won the Iron Cross I Class

Müller was awarded the decoration on September 5

The blade’s reverse ricasso is maker marked with the stylized logo of “Pfeilringewerk

1/m Küstrin" on both sides of the triple slotted centre

The ID card is dated to Hanover on December 16

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, II Class Breast Cross, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive won the Iron Cross I(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with a marked of