Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Grand Cross with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example by Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity part of the 20th Panzer

part of the 20th Panzer Division

Award document for Iron Cross 2nd Class (22

measuring 52 mm x 35 mm

reverse bears the date '10 APRIL 1945'

91st Infantry Division and is credited with having participated in the Rome-Arno Campaign and acknowledged as having been in the Po Valley

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Order of the German Eagle, Grand Cross with Swords, Privately-Purchased Example by Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity part of the 20th Panzer(Deutsches Adlerorden, Grokreuz mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver 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 oclock arm with a pair of crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan