Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Diensthemd)

(Luftwaffe Diensthemd)

Information from McCord Museum

a buckling loop and bar with magnetic dual attachment prongs are on the reverse

missing its suspension apparatus and demonstrating the loss of one jewel with chipping visible to several others

and conflicting size marks of “56” and “55”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II Class Cross with Breast Star and Case, by Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity (Luftwaffe Diensthemd)(Deutscher Adler Orden, Kreuz II. Klasse mit Bruststern und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). A rare and matching II Class set of the Order of the German Eagle, including: 1. A neck cross, constructed of gilded silver 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 twelve oclock arm